Another unarmed black man was shot to death by Oakland cops. This time a call to resolve a domestic dispute ended when the cops chased their weaponless suspect & killed him. Why did they feel the need to shoot the owner of the laundromat that they were called out to? I don't know. The 37 year old man was a business owner,not a thug on the corner.
As the mother of a 10 year old black boy,I often have to share these types of horrific stories with him. You see,I don't ever want him to become the victim of a cop's panic & rage. He knows about Oscar Grant being killed by a Bart cop who only got 2 years for the crime that he committed.
My son won't go out into the world with blinders on. The societal view of blacks won't be a jolting revelation for him because I have already revealed the awful truth to him. When you go into a store, you are suspicious simply because you are black. As a black man living in America,you will,in all probability,become a suspect at some point in your life. So,you must act accordingly.
Comply with the police. Don't try to escape. If you are being manhandled by them,get their badge number. Complain to their superiors in writing. It's better for you to wind up in jail instead of the morgue.
As long as the image of a black man is that of a brute, you must follow those rules. Having a black president hasn't erased that stereotype. The stereotypical brutish,violent black man who makes white women clutch their purses when they see him approaching is still out there.
That is what the cops expect to encounter whenever they have a male suspect that is black. And that is the reason black men will continue to be manhandled & killed by the police as if they were rabid animals that need to be euthanized immediately.
Here's more on the latest killing of an unarmed black man from ABC 7 News:
"Oakland police shot and killed an escaping domestic violence suspect. No weapons were found at the scene.
Police were called out to a laundry mat on the 1500 block of Bancroft Avenue at about 9:30 Monday night. A man had reportedly been violent with a woman. When officers pulled up the man ran away.
A short time later a couple of other offices spotted him two blocks away from the laundry mat.
The man was 37-years-old." (END OF ARTICLE) Read more here.
