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Today in Virginia, Matthew Bernard, a White man suspected of killing three people, including a child, led police on a wild pursuit, naked, during which he choked a church caretaker.
He was taken safely, without injury, into police custody.
@shaunking
He was taken safely, without injury, into police custody.
@shaunking
@shaunking Also in Virginia, Marcus-David Peters, who wasn't a suspect in anything, but who happened to be a Black man. Naked and unarmed. Shot and killed by a Richmond cop. washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…
@shaunking In May, police in Oklahoma shot and killed Isaiah Lewis, a 17-year-old Black high school student, who was running around a neighborhood naked. Also unarmed. buzzfeednews.com/article/tasnee…
@shaunking In 2015, police shot and killed Anthony Hill, an Air Force veteran, who was naked and unarmed in an Atlanta suburb apartment building complex parking lot. Not a suspect in anything. cbsnews.com/news/officer-f…
@shaunking In Austin, in 2016, David Joseph, 17 years old, unarmed, naked, also in an apartment building complex. Shot and killed by police. statesman.com/news/20160904/…
@shaunking We've heard this story before, but something makes the contrast here particularly stark.
It's as tho we are watching a cartoon with police chasing a naked man around and standing by as he chokes someone. Only it's real and he's probably just murdered 3 people.
It's as tho we are watching a cartoon with police chasing a naked man around and standing by as he chokes someone. Only it's real and he's probably just murdered 3 people.
@shaunking And then the fact that there is example after example of police shooting and killing naked Black men on the one hand is mind blowing. There's no argument that someone was reaching for a gun or had a knife.
@shaunking So then police must justify their killing a Black man by arguing that his body by itself is a threat. And of course they are successful.
But a White man who police think/know is a murderer can use his bare hands to try to kill someone in front of them and they stare blankly.
But a White man who police think/know is a murderer can use his bare hands to try to kill someone in front of them and they stare blankly.
