Police Beat, Taser, and Shoot Man 23 Times, Killing Him for Walking Down the Street

[loyalsister]

60. No doubt about that

I vaguely knew, but with social media, I am getting a clearer picture.
Black millionaires, 3 generations of desegregation, a black president, and still the lives of people of color are at risk of being killed by police.
Families didn't just have to start teaching their kids how to put police at ease in their dealings with them in the last few years. This has been happening since it began- when white people decided black were inferior. Centuries!!!!!
If I ever had a patriotic urge, it's gone.
In not being properly aware, I am wrong. So many of my friends and family are so so very wrong. Those who deny that they have been granted a privilege of safety in this country are wrong and I reserve most of my spite for them.
Those of us who are white are the only ones who can fix this. How many have the will? How many have friends or friends who have children who could be the next victim? How many just give a damn that it is wrong?

The bottom line is exactly how many white people can be easily convinced that black men look like demons and that alone is a legitimate reason to kill them?

We are standing before the world in this shame and there are people who believe that this country is something to be proud of. And, it has been for all of the centuries is has been this way.