When it comes to law enforcement, District Attorneys and the system we are all supposed to get justice under. It is flawed for Black people, it’s why we don’t want it defunded. We want it policed better, things like independent auditors, retraining and implicit bias address. Cont
This is my personal experience i hope people who don’t have dealings with them understand why there’s such a mistrust in my community. I was traveling one day on a city street, when all of a sudden a cop car does a turnabout in the middle of the street in front of me. So i...
Immediately go on alert. The cop blocks traffic in both directions. So I’m familiar with the area and it just so happens to be in front of a barber shop that i know the owner of. Traffic blocked i pull into the barbershop parking lot and go in to ask the owner what he thought...
was going on. He said he didn’t know because everything was just unfolding. So i exit the barbershop and head off in the opposite direction. When i arrived at my destination. I received a call from my brother, which he informs me there’s 4 police cars and 8 cops trying to gain...
entry to my moms home and backyard looking for me. I asked why and they tell him they wanna talk to me about a shooting i my be a witness to or a suspect of. So apparently someone got shot at the scene i had just left and someone gave them my tag number as I left the barbershop..
He asked where i was at and i was like why? I’m not a part of any of that. So i asked him to put the cop in charge on the phone, cop asked where are you. I said none of your business, he informs me i may be a witness or a suspect to a shooting and they felt i fled the scene....
He asked what i saw and i stated to him, if you’re talking about near the barbershop. A cop car with a dash camera turned around from the lane closest to the curb and blocked traffic. I stopped in the barbershop to ask questions and i left. Apparently a person was shot on the...
sidewalk across from me. Mind you i saw the guy hopping around but thought he was just drunk. Turns out he was being shot in real time and i couldn’t tell because my music was up and didn’t hear the shots fired. Anyway i go on to explain in my opinion the only one in a position.
to shoot the guy was the police because they were traveling in the lane closest to the victim and that’s the way it appeared to me. Cop on the phone says ok, that’s what we needed to know. Call ends, so i go home and all that night i thought about it and said. Maybe I need..
to give a official statement on the record so they don’t pull me over one day and haul me off to jail on some BS. The next day i go to the police station and submit myself to clear it up once and for all. The cuff me take me downtown to the detectives division....
i was naïve and didn’t ask for a lawyer and answered the questions. They turn me lose and i return home. Situation adverted right? Wrong, 8 months later i receive a subpoena in the mail stating I’m a witness in a case that has 1 murder charge and 3 shooting with intent to kill..
for the state against the a defendant who’s a known gang banger with a long history. So i immediately called the DA office and ask why am i a witness in this trial and why wasn’t i informed when the indictment came down? They told me because the trial date is near and i need...
to show up or be arrested. Now I explained to the DA i had already told them my account of that days event and it appears the cops did the shooting. They said i better show up, so imma explain why i was upset and rightfully afraid for my life. I went 6 months driving these.....
streets and the attorneys for the defendant had my name as someone who was gonna testify against him. I could’ve been shot to death on sight so i wouldn’t show up for trial. Not to mention my family could’ve been targets. So the trial date comes i show up and the DA pulls me...
aside and ask me what i was gonna say on the stand. I repeated to him again i thought if anyone did the shooting it was the cops. He took my name off the witness list and sent me home. Now I’m supposed to be relieved right? No i was angry they had just used my life as a pawn...
to get this dude to cop to the charges prior to the trial. Knowing i was not going to testify to their advantage. So this is an example of why we didn’t trust law enforcement or the system in general. Remember we don’t want them defunded, we want them policed and reformed. End.
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