Friday, May 01, 2015

There is a common thread with every case starting with Trayvon.

The police do not carry the idea these black men are innocent until found guilty. They ASSUMED every one of them was guilty from their initial intervention. They don't have respect for the black men they are seeking to arrest and bring in for booking. 

They use overwhelming force with black men that were unarmed and nonviolent. 

Most of these same black men ran for their lives. When most of them ran it escalated the idea they were guilty. Why did they run? Did they see nothing but injustice if the police arrested them? Did they run for their lives fearing the ultimate sentence of death before their fingerprints were recorded at the police booking office? There is a lot wrong, beginning with a childhood of hopelessness in neighborhoods abandoned.

The police and/or vigilante acted as judge and jury and assigned these black men sentencing on the street. One was even a child engaged in play. This is simply astounding this happens in the USA.