(May 29, 2019 at 6:29 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Wasn’t sure where post this… In the increasingly crazy rise of white supremacy in the US I’m seriously fearful of my safety. With more and more videos of cops killing unarmed black people, carrying a cane makes me nervous. I’m terrified that some upjumped cop will “mistake” my cane for a weapon and kill me. Am I being paranoid?
No, you are not being paranoid.
Just in the past couple weeks, a black woman was murdered by a cop, whom had fallen on the ground after a struggle, but when he shot her, he'd already backed of several feet. She had warrants sure. But since when do warrants constitute a death penalty? And no, while she resisted, she was also not armed.
Conversely a white woman took police on a car chase in which she was driving a huge RV, slammed into several vehicles but was arrested without being injured or murdered.
There is a long term problem going on here. 40 years of GOP deregulation, lack of funding for staffing, too much "shoot first" training and not enough deescalation training, a flooded market of firearms, lack of livable wages for all zip codes, rural, suburban, and urban.
