As much as the news media clamored to report this story, they apparently neglected to do a little fact-checking first. As it turns out, there was no black suspect, and the guy accidentally stabbed himself. 

Buzzfeed shattered the story into a million pieces when they reported that the Sheridan Police Department told the news outlet that Witt admitted to lying about the attack. In actuality, he stabbed himself by accident. The logical and sensible course wasn’t to admit to the mistake but to create a racial hoax to cover up his clumsiness.

The lie that white people are victimized by the thousands or hundreds of thousands at the hands of blacks for just being white is nothing new as we’ve heard this joke before. As outrageous as it truly is, white racists will sell this toxin to advance their agendas. I’m not sure who Joshua Witt is, but interjecting the phantom black criminal excuse and adding a Nazi spin to it just to cover his screw up is nonetheless indicative of the lengths to which white people will cover their asses. Some will even kill their wives and unborn children or drown their kids and instead of taking accountability for their fucked up actions against themselves, their family members or other white folks, they will blame black people so long as the myth of black-on-white crime remains America’s believable alibi.

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Detroit has faced a tumultuous past, but the most painful week in Detroit’s modern history arguably happened exactly 50 years ago. On July 23, 1967, after decades of discrimination, poverty, and mistreatment by police, many black citizens of Detroit erupted in violence. Some call that five-day period of burning and looting the “riots;” others call it the “uprising” or the “rebellion.”

Detroiters have had 50 years to contemplate the reasons for the civil unrest, and at our Going There event at WDET in Detroit, NPR’s Michel Martin spoke with three guests who remember where they were when the five-day rebellion started. They spoke with Michel about how that week of unrest changed their relationship with the city of Detroit, what impact the rebellion had on the city, and what the future holds.

Dennis Archer is former mayor of Detroit and a former Michigan Supreme Court judge. Ike McKinnon was one of the first African-Americans on the Detroit police force, and ultimately became police chief. Dennis Coffey is a former session guitarist for the Motown record label, and was in studio recording an album when someone came running to tell him the city was burning.

Interview Highlights

On how the cops were told to deal with the civil unrest

McKinnon: Go out and lock people up. We were woefully unprepared to handle what occurred. We had received no training. And we could not have handled the situation because at that time we had close to 1,600,000 people [in Detroit]. And if you have 5,500 police officers — and all of us were not on duty at one time — and if we try and stop a rebellion as such, or people looting, it was impossible to do so. So we were undermanned to handle this.

On the roving police squads that terrorized the city

Coffey: Back in the mid-50s, they had two patrolmen in the front and two detectives in the back, and the detectives in the back had shotguns. And so they rolled down the window and said, “What are you guys doing?” Well, we’re walking home from school. And they said, “Do you know there’s an ordinance? You can’t have more than two people in a group.” And we said, “Yes sir.” Because the reputation — when they said do something, you did it.

McKinnon: I’d seen this before of other young men, but never to me. And at this point they grabbed, threw me up against the car, and proceeded to beat me. And I was, “But sir, but sir!” I’m asking — and the more I ask, the more they beat. And the look of anger — extreme anger — on these officers’ face, with the name-calling and beating. And they were good at what they did, I should tell you. They beat me between my neck and my belt. And toward the end of it — I’ll never forget this — they said, “Get your black ass out of here.” And I ran home. And I never told my parents. …[T]he reason being if you told your parents, they would go to the precinct and they would get locked up or beaten also.

On the cause of the rebellion

Archer: You’ve heard the explanation already, in terms of what people of color and whites as well were subjected to. But let’s talk about economics. The federal government would not allow blacks to have mortgages. You couldn’t live in certain neighborhoods. And when you consider that you couldn’t go into certain restaurants, and certain hotels and businesses if you happened to be black. … When people are able to live and they’re comfortable, and they’re able to do what they pretty much want to do… you take that away, and you strip people of hope or dignity and the like? You set up an environment that can be explosive.

On how white cops brutalized black cops

McKinnon: After about an 18-hour shift, I came off at the Chicago Boulevard and made a left turn, and as I passed the overpass to the freeway, these two white police officers pulled me over. And I was in uniform — had my shield on — people think it’s a badge but it’s a shield. I had my “2” for the precinct I was at. And you could clearly see I was a police officer. I was stopped by these two white police officers — one was an older guy with gray hair – but he got out of the car with his partner. And they said to me, “Get out of the car.”

I said, “Police officer! Police officer!” And I smiled, the way I am right now. And as I stepped out of the car, the officer with the short stub-nosed silver gun, he said, “Tonight you’re gonna die.” And he didn’t stop there; he said the N-word. And I looked at him, and I couldn’t believe this was happening. And as I looked at him, it was as if time froze. And when time freezes — and when there are exceptional circumstances — your senses are heightened. And I could see his finger pulling the trigger. And as I dove back into my car he started shooting at me.

Archer: If we could invite in the 100 or so police officers who were African-American who were working in their precincts, you would hear a lot of similar stories, in terms of how guns were pulled on them in the precincts, and how they were fussed at, cussed at, and white officers saying, “I’m not going to ride with that blankity-blank.”

… And then I would just ask us to speed forward for a moment, and then you wonder why there’s a group called “Black Lives Matter.” And why those issues are very relevant today, as they were back then. And then when you start thinking about what we’re hearing in terms of the divisiveness that’s being openly talked about today, it hurts our country, it hurts our cities, it hurts people and it hurts all of us.

NPR’s Stacey Samuel edited this story for Radio. NPR’s Ashley Young produced this for radio. NPR’s Maquita Peters produced this story for the Web.

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Yes, and Justine was a white woman from Australia who was soon-to-be married.

The officer that killed her is Mohamed Noor.

Like Justine, he too is an immigrant

This, of course, means little to a rationally thinking person like me. After all, Noor was still a cop, who shot and killed an unarmed person. However, unfortunately, for some, this is an interesting spin on the prevailing racial narrative associated with police violence. For example, someone who read what I wrote about the original story, took the time to hit me up to say that I never mentioned that Justine was killed by a black cop. Mind you, at the time when I wrote about it, the details of the officer were not released. I had no idea that the officer was black, nor did I assume or imply that the officer was white.

What I did point out, was that it was interesting that there was very little said in response to the incident by the #AllLivesMatter crowd. Guess what? I still haven’t heard a thing from them. You’d think that with Justine being a white woman in an affluent neighborhood, this would be the perfect opportunity to counter the Black Lives Matter movement. This was a chance for them to say, “See, white people get shot and killed too. So, shut up with all your silly talk about racism, black people. Yes, all lives matter!”

But no, that didn’t happen.

Where is Blue Lives Matter?

I also find it interesting that there is little rancor from the #BlueLivesMatter crowd if any. I don’t see them coming to the defense of the officer. Where is the GoFundMe account to solicit donations to help him in his defense? Where is all the talk about white-on-white crime being used to justify the seemingly senseless killing of a white woman? Because of course crime is the reason.

It’s possible that with me running in different circles, I have yet to see any of this. It’s possible but highly unlikely. As vocal as these folks were in the face of the killing of a black and brown person, by the police. I’m sorry, but I’m sure they would be out here.

But hey, perhaps I’m asking for too much. Maybe expecting people who have little regard for black lives to actually care about a white woman who was shot and killed by the police is a fool’s errand. I don’t know, but maybe it’s that they really don’t give a fuck about anyone who gets killed by the cops. And, the only time they feel the need to support the police is if the officer in question is white. Because, why ride for a black cop, right?

A Black Man Isn’t Allowed to Kill a White Woman

Speaking of which, I doubt whether officer Mohamed Noor is going to be held accountable for this. Sure, he may have his day in court. Which, if he did, would be nice. However, like every police officer who has ever gotten off, I expect him to do so as well.

Hear me out on this.

I get why folks are saying that the officer Noor is definitely going to jail. Yes, he killed a white woman; and yes, he’s black; and of course, he’s also a Muslim immigrant from Somalia. Like I said, I get it. The officer, in this case, is black, and that “privilege” thing isn’t going to work in his favor. However, what’s being overlooked is the fact that he’s still a police officer. He’s still a member of the fraternal order of “fuck your rights.”

So what does that mean?

It means that per the US Supreme Court, a police officer’s use of deadly force isn’t illegal given a reasonably perceived threat of bodily harm and possible death. That’s when you get the “I feared for my life,” defense. It’s worked so well in the past, why wouldn’t it now?

Aren’t Police Officers Supposed to Stick Together?

There is also the issue of police unions and the power and influence they wield.

Just ask Marilyn Mosby. You know, the Maryland state attorney who tried to bring six Baltimore police officers to justice for the death of Freddie Gray? Mosby is being sued for doing her job. Yes, and like Freddie gray, like Mosby, and a few of the officers changed, officer Noor is black. So, again, it’s just not that simple.

Besides, it’s hard for me to imagine an officer being held accountable for killing someone in Minneapolis. After all, another officer was recently cleared for killing someone in an incident that was caught on tape. In this case, it wasn’t, and there are no real witnesses. So yeah, good luck with that.

But the Officer is Black and Justine is White

But then again, I could be completely wrong. Officer Mohamed Noor might actually serve time in prison for killing Justine Damond. As much as certain folks are angry now that O.J. Simpson is about to be released from prison. I think it’s safe to say that this brother is toast. Hell, the attorney for Justine’s family has called Justine “the most innocent victim” of a police shooting in history. I’m sorry, but it looks like they’re about to put this brother under the jail. In a press conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau recently said that Justine “didn’t have to die,” and that, “This should not have happened.”

“It goes against who we are as a department, how we train and our expectations for our officers,” she added. Harteau also said that the incident was the result of the “actions and judgment of one individual,” and that, “the body cams should have been activated.”

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“It’s encouraging that in a state with a heavily Republican Legislature and a new Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, who made the package central to his candidacy, the changes passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities,” wrote the editorial board.

The board also drew a contrast between Louisiana’s action this year and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ approach to criminal justice issues. Sessions recently ordered federal prosecutors to seek longer, tougher sentences for all defendants, including those accused of nonviolent, drug crimes. Louisiana, meanwhile, just reduced many of its sentences for nonviolent offenders.

Criminal justice experts believe longer sentences for nonviolent, minor crimes do not make communities safer. They can actually hurt society, by taking people away from their families and out of the workforce for longer periods of time.

“If Mr. Sessions could let go of his outdated worldview long enough, he might see that across America — and particularly in the deep-red South from which he hails — new approaches to justice reform are rightly winning the day,” said the editorial board in its closing statement.

You can read the The New York Times editorial here.

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An unarmed white woman, Justine Damond, was shot and killed by a cop in Minneapolis who was responding to her 911 call about strange noises in the alley behind her house.

Allow me to reiterate the fact that she was unarmed.

According to the Star Tribune:

The shooting happened at the end of the alley on W. 51st Street between Washburn and Xerxes avenues S. in the city’s Fulton neighborhood.

The woman, Justine Damond, from Sydney, Australia, and her fiancé lived in the 5000 block of Washburn.

Three sources with knowledge of the incident said Sunday that two officers in one squad car, responding to the 911 call, pulled into the alley. Damond, in her pajamas, went to the driver’s side door and was talking to the driver. The officer in the passenger seat pulled his gun and shot Damond through the driver’s side door, sources said. No weapon was found at the scene.

“Two Minneapolis police officers responded to a 911 call of a possible assault just north of the 5100 block of Washburn Avenue S. just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday,” the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a news release. “At one point, an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman.”

So let me get this right. She was shot while she was speaking to the officers at the driver side window of the police car? She was shot by the officer on the passenger side of the car?

Allegedly, the police body cameras were turned off at the time of the shooting? 

I’m sorry, but this sounds shady as hell.

At any rate, the woman shot and killed was an Australian national. We’ll see how the #AllLivesMatter crowd responds to this. They’ll probably say that she wasn’t an American and acted like a typical angry Australian aborigine, so naturally, she deserved to be killed.

Given this fact, it will be interesting to see how the #AllLivesMatter crowd responds to this.

They’ll probably say that she wasn’t an American who acted like a typical angry Australian Aborigine; so naturally, she deserved to be shot and killed. But then again, maybe they’ll use this shooting to counter the claim that black people are disproportionally killed by cops.

Yep, no need for any more raucous demonstrations and protests.

Yes, a white woman was shot and killed by the police, so case closed.

As if a white woman being killed by the cops debunks systemic racism.

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FREEHOLD — The 11-year-old Keansburg girl found murdered Thursday was stabbed to death, prosecutors said Friday. Andreas Erazo, 18, was arrested on murder and weapon charges Friday appeared in Superior Court Friday afternoon and was ordered to remain in jail. AbbieGail “Abbie” Smith’s body was found Thursday in a rear area of the Hancock Arms apartments,…

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This is the recent story of a black woman that “accidentally” drowned at a pool party in Memphis, Tennessee. She was recently engaged and getting herself ready for her impending marriage. She went to party on the Fourth of July with some friends. Suddenly, she drowned and eventually died. This seems like a story of bad things happening to good people, right?

So, what really happened to Darian Towns?

But that is where things become murky. For one, someone stole her car and it was found all the way in Mississippi. Southaven, Mississippi to be exact. Also, there is the issue of her being an avid athlete. Darian Towns was a great track and field athlete in high school that swam every day. She was working hard to make sure she fit into her wedding dress. Thus, there are factors that aren’t adding up.

So, did Darian Town suffer from foul play?

I am beginning to wonder what contributed to all of this. How deep was this pool? Was she that intoxicated where she drowned? Why did it take so long for someone to notice that she was at the bottom of the pool? And why would someone try to steal her car from a neighborhood that seemed to actually be upper class? Be reminded: Barlett has a median household income of close to $67,000. And it is also mostly white.

Will there ever be answers about Darian Towns?

Is there ever going to be a necessary explanation? I am hoping that the toxology reports and forensics turn up something that makes sense. After that, I still wonder why someone would steal her car? Too much of this case is extremely confusing and contradictory. There are no conclusions to jump to; this case seems way too off putting with very little making sense.

Until then, keep asking about Darian Towns. Something must add up in this situation of confusing arithmetic.

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“It is in your hands to stop all the killing and all the shooting wherever it might be,” Wonder said. He continued, “Because you cannot say, ‘Black Lives Matter‘ and then kill yourselves. Because you know that we’ve mattered long before it was said, but the way we show that we matter — the way that we show that all the various people of color matter — is by loving each other and doing something about it, not just talking about it.”

Stevie added, “The first thing you must do is stop believing the fallacy of you not being important. Because it is completely unacceptable for one to hate themselves so much that anyone that looks like you, you want to kill.”

Watch the video below:

You Might Want To Rethink This Stevie

Alright alright alright.

I know, that was mean. And yes, I shouldn’t have said anything about Stevie’s frontal hairline touching the back of his neck while hanging on for dear life. Yes, just like black-on-black crime, Stevie’s hairline has absolutely nothing to do with the issue that is police officers having any regard for the lives of black men. I mean, it’s not like police officers are shooting and killing unarmed black men because of their hairline, or even black on black crime.

“Yes, your honor, I shot and killed that unarmed black man because of black-on-black crime,” said no police officer in a court of law, ever. So yes, while I’m sorry to have insulted Stevie, the truth is that I have no patience for anyone who conflates these issues.

Yes, Stevie, Gun Violence Is A Serious Issue

To be sure, black-on-black crime and homicides, in particular, is indeed a serious issue.

Gun violence in America is a serious issue.

Violence in America itself is indeed a serious concern. However, I take issue with the notion that the reason police officers are killing black people – when they’re not shoving broomsticks up our asses on occasion – has something to do with intra-racial violence. In fact, I find that position to be insulting. Not just that, it’s also intellectually lazy.

It is particularly so when anyone makes black people in America the face of crime. It’s as though, by default, whiteness and white folks are the measuring stick of morality.

This is disingenuous, folks.

We all know that crime, in general, is a function of the country’s economic and geographic segregation along racial lines. Bottom line: people kill, rob, shoot the people who look like them. That is to say, white folks are shooting and killing white folks just like black folks are killing black folks. I hate to speak in binary terms here, but the same is true of all racial and ethnic demographics. But, of course, we’re not supposed to inform our mostly white conservative friends who see Stevie as a hero and truth-teller.

You know, because, “All lives matter.”

Black-On-Black Isn’t Responsible Stevie

Look, I respect Stevie Wonder and his recent work that has been centered on the reduction of gun violence. However, to conflate these issues provides a very convenient distraction from the cause that is racial justice. Some of the people who applaud what Stevie said truly don’t give a fuck about black lives. If they did, they damn sure wouldn’t be attempting to shut down the movement that demands police accountability for the killing of black people.

And let’s be honest, if our conservative friends really cared about gun violence or even black folks shooting black folks, they wouldn’t be opposed to common sense gun control laws.

They wouldn’t continue to overwhelmingly support the NRA and the NRA-backed Republican politicians who blocked the passage of common sense gun control legislation under President Obama. They sure as hell didn’t care enough to do so after children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary. Why then am I supposed to be of the belief that they do now?

I’m sorry, but I sincerely doubt that black-on-black crime had anything to do with the verdict in the case of the officer who killed Philando Castile. Similarly, it damn sure has nothing to do with the second mistrial in a row, in the trial of the Cincinnati officer who killed Sam Dubose.

According to noted Black Lives Matter activist, DeRay McKesson, Stevie Wonder was taken out of context. Apparently, this is what Stevie said to DeRay when he met him recently. While I’m not exactly sure of the context of Stevie’s words. But just know, I still think that while what he said was well intentioned and well meaning, it was still a bad look.

I met Stevie Wonder tonight & asked him about his recent comment re: the movement. He noted that he was taken out of context & does support. pic.twitter.com/WGH0QRrVpO

— deray mckesson (@deray) June 22, 2017

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I’ve been feeling a bit depressed for the past two days. So much so, that even my family has noticed it. So what’s bothering me? Philando Castile. I keep thinking about the verdict in the trial of the officer that killed him last year, and I get sad. I’m not outraged as some are. Instead, I’m just sad. Actually, I don’t know if it’s sadness that I feel. Honestly, I’m numb.

Watching the police dashcam video of his shooting will do that to you.

My wife even said that I  don’t seem like my normal self. To her, it’s as though I have a lot weighing on my mind. Which is really weird considering the fact that we just took a three-day trip out of town with the kids, and had a great time. So what did it?

Social Media Makes Police Shootings More Depressing

When I got home a few days ago, I logged online and the reaction to the verdict was all in my face. At the time the verdict was announced last Friday, my family and I were traveling. My initial thought was that it was more of the same bullshit. After all, we’ve seen this before. It’s not new. But given that I was traveling with my family, I blocked it out in hopes of not having it fuck up my weekend. However, when I got home and I logged on, there were emails from readers, inbox messages all across social media. Knowing that I wrote about the shooting and followed the trial, everyone wanted to know my thoughts about the verdict.

In short, the verdict was fucked up – the jury got it wrong.

This isn’t surprising considering the role implicit racial bias plays out in courtrooms around the country. We know all too well that whether a defendant or a plaintiff, people of color aren’t afforded the benefit of the doubt. We also know that cops are rarely convicted – if even charged – for officer-involved shootings, and cases of police brutality.

Our Justice System Is Depressing

Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile summed it up perfectly, “Where in this planet, do you tell the truth and you be honest and you still be murdered by the police?” Apparently, given this country’s racial history, the answer isn’t here in America. It may happen anywhere else on this planet. But, it damn sure isn’t happening here in the United States.

Not even if there’s video evidence that shows a police officer shooting someone in the back as they’re running away and posing no threat of bodily harm to said officer. Hell, you can even have your hands in the air as a sign of surrender and still get shot and killed. Not to mention screaming, “I can’t breathe,” while being on the receiving end of an illegal chokehold. It doesn’t matter the scenario, a police officer involved will be given the benefit of the doubt, and it’s on to the next one. And then the next one… and the next one… and the next one. It’s like the same cycle every so many days or months. Die, react, then die again.

Never mind the fact that Philando Castile had a permit to legally carry a gun. Or, never mind the fact that he was never reaching for a gun at the time he was killed. Most importantly, never mind the fact that Officer Yanez gave a conflicting story on whether he saw Castile’s hand on a gun. In his initial report, Yanez said Castile did, and later said that he didn’t see his hand on a gun. None of that matters, though. It doesn’t because Castile had the audacity to involuntarily breathe oxygen in the state of Minnesota. In the city where he was pulled over by the police a total of 14 times in the last 14-years of his life. Given that fact, it’s a wonder he wasn’t shot and killed sooner. Especially since black men are 3 times more likely to die from police use of force, here in the United States. Bet never mind that, the big takeaway from the verdict, is that Castile should have never packed a gun while he was high on weed.

Yes, a longtime friend who happens to be a white conservative said this to me.

It was at this point where my depression set in.

Unfortunately, this response to her video came from a black man. And sadly, responses like that of his and my aforementioned white friend were not limited to just them. Many people shared similar opinions. Responses like these solidified my feelings of depression.

It’s like nobody gets it, and we’re on to the next one.

Watching Black People Die Is Depressing

Look, I know cops shoot and kill white folks. In fact, they probably kill more unarmed white people than they do black folks. I say they probably do because there’s no official database anywhere within the federal government that says I’m wrong. While that’s a problem within itself – a huge problem – it’s not the central issue. So how do we fix it?

The problem as I see it is that not enough white folks care that anyone is killed by cops. They damn sure don’t care if the cops unjustifiably kill someone white. In their eyes, any white person killed by the cops had it coming. If they did care, they’d be protesting in the streets and raising all hell about it. But, they’re not, and they never will.

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Comply, comply, hang your head, don’t look em in the eye and comply. Didn’t work. Still got him killed on camera. We watched him die on Facebook with the officer still holding the gun through the window on a baby in the back seat and Castile’s girlfriend who calmly live streamed the whole thing. It’s a wonder she didn’t die that day as well. Usually, any Black holding something in their hands be it a gun or a phone, well you know.  Got the cop even saying live, that he didn’t know why he shot him. Comply, comply, comply, be a good little darkie. Sit still so you won’t freak out the white/black/Latino boy in blue with the gun, who is shitting in his pants as he talks to you. Fuck your family in the car with you, your baby strapped correctly in her booster seat.

The cop got arrested, charged and put through a trial. The jury found him not guilty. No surprise here white juries don’t convict cops regardless of the circumstances. We learned that when Rodney King got his ass beat on video back in the day. Video and now live stream, won’t save your ass. Just gives you a bigger audience.

2 seconds, the time it took two Cleveland cops to roll up on 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a park and kill him. 2 seconds. They thought he was a grown ass man with a gun in a park menacing people, except there were no people around and the one that was, dropped the dime to  911, to call the cops and said that it was a kid playing with a gun. 12 years old and we lost him in 2 seconds.

1. 78 seconds, the amount of time that lapsed between the time Ray Tensing shot Sam Dubose in the neck, severing his spinal cord, killing him instantly. He was already dead when his foot hit the accelerator and Officer Tensing claimed he tried to drive away, dragging him. 1.78 seconds.

Measured by a forensics expert for the prosecution in Ray Tensing’s retrial for murder.  Two other police experts testified that Tensing violated procedure when he reached into the car and tried to take Dubose’s keys out of the ignition.  The first trial ended in a hung jury and this one might as well. It’s not over yet. Closing arguments set for this week.

Think we might get a conviction this time? I doubt it. The prosecution is already hedging its bets and asked the judge to charge the jury on a lesser charge of negligent homicide on the outside chance the jury can’t bring itself to buy murder.

Tells me someone is not confident in their case. They know just like us, white juries, which is the only kind of jury that you get in the US justice system, do not convict cops for any reason, period. We never get a jury of our peers as long as there is redlining, gerrymandering, voter suppression and on and on. No matter how we play this game it is rigged against us.

And now we know, thanks to the FB live stream of Castile, compliance, being a good little negro,  won’t protect you either.

Castile got stopped and killed because his nose was too broad. Number 49 unlucky.

Tamir Rice was playing outside with a toy gun. His first and only time, unlucky.

Sam Dubose got stopped and was killed for not having a front license plate on his car. Sam’s had many run-ins too. Mostly for incidental bullshit involving cars and license plates. This time he was unlucky too.

74 seconds. 2 seconds, 1.78 seconds…

Time keeps on slippin’.

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