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 I don't get messed with more than the average US Black man. I almost certainly get messed with less frequently.ππ I just tell y'all about it when it happens to me.π€·πΏββοΈ I am not unique. Guess what percent of Black men have been the victim of police violence? Guess what percent have been threatened? 5/N 5 comments
People that kill a Black victim have more than 50% chance of getting away with it. Some places it's more than 80%. The homicide clearance rate is lowest in places where Black people are the most afraid of calling the police.π€― Name a city with brutal cops that don't care. I'll name a murder-y city. 7/N Something that has been shown to consistently and effectively reduce the murder rate in a city, is reducing police brutality, over-policing, and abuses like asset forfeiture. This has worked in LA. East Palo Alto. Pomona. New Orleans. Etc. Now ask yourself why we don't do this everywhere. 8/N One last thing you should be asking yourself: "OK, I think I see how increasing police brutality, causes people to trust the cops less. But why does increasing the police presence in a neighborhood almost always mean a big increase in the amount of abuse that Black folk experience?" Good questionπ€·πΏββοΈ 9/N Police don't do what you think they do.π€·πΏββοΈ Most of what police do, by time, by arrests, by budget, is stop, search, ticket, and arrest people. The people they do this to, are overwhelmingly Black. By default, more police in a neighborhood, means more policing in a neighborhood. This is policing. 10/N |
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They are still looking for this United Healthcare shooter, because the CEO was a white billionaire. That's at least a small comfort for the loved ones he left behind?
If he had been poor and Black, they probably would have moved on to the next case already.π€·πΏββοΈ
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