“I only feel safe twice a day. When I wake up in my home. And when I return to it after work.” (THREAD) a black man in my district told me this yesterday. He went on to say, “I work hard to buy a nice car. But my neighbors look at me like I stole it. I drive to work on (1/3)
the freeway and local cops routinely pull behind me to run my plates. All I want to come out of this (Floyd) is to feel safe in more places than just my home.” The man who shared that with me is a senior member of a major Bay Area police agency. For officers in America, (2/3)
Institutional racism, and the feeling of being seen as “dangerous and guilty” is not limited to only the people you interact with on the streets. This is how your black brothers in arms feel. Would go a long way if you asked them. #BlackLivesMatter (3/3)
