African American men are not safe in the USA. If they carry a gun they are automatic targets. If they don't carry a gun they are targets anyway. What do you suppose comes next?
African American men can carry a gun legally no different than their white men. But. Do they dare?
The issue is real. Denial of the dilemma African American men find themselves in is only adding to the problem.
September 23, 2016
By Michael Mathers
The loud crack of a gunshot (click here) startled protesters as they hurled objects and clashed with riot police in Charlotte, North Carolina, where racial tensions soared a day after a black man was killed by officers.
By the end of the day, Governor Pat McCrory had declared a state of emergency in the city, saying he was activating the National Guard and Highway Patrol officers to assist local law enforcement.
One man near the centre of yesterday's confrontation was on life support after being shot by another civilian, the city said in a tweet, reversing an earlier statement that the man had died....
I hope the civilian was apprehended for attempted murder of an unarmed demonstrator.
The unrest turned violent after a peaceful vigil to mark the previous day's shooting death of African-American Keith Scott at the hands of Charlotte police.
It was the latest in a long series of controversial police killings of black men - including that of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday - which have inflamed tensions in several United States cities, and sparked a national debate about race and whether Americans can come together to reduce police brutality....
