I keep seeing this and each time I am stunned anew.
"Be respectful and they won't shoot you in the back of the head" has literally worked for no one.
12 year old Tamir Rice was playing in the park.
Laquan McDonald was the equivalent of a city block away with his back to police.
"Be respectful and they won't shoot you in the back of the head" has literally worked for no one.
12 year old Tamir Rice was playing in the park.
Laquan McDonald was the equivalent of a city block away with his back to police.
I could do a dozen tweets of names of black people whose stories I have covered who did everything right and still got shot to death.
How is it possible for a presidential candidate--a progressive candidate at that--to be this out of touch with what it is to be black in America?
How is it possible for a presidential candidate--a progressive candidate at that--to be this out of touch with what it is to be black in America?
I would add to this that Philando Castille was shot to death IN HIS CAR with his 4 yr old kid in the back seat. He still had his seat belt on as he was dying on camera. We heard the exchange. He could not possibly have been more respectful. The answer can't be "Be nice."
