@cadwego That privileged loophole extends past the borders of Wisconsin. It is on display in the trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia.[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
The impromptu lynch mob hunted Arbery down based on an 1863 law[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
an1863 lawThat allows citizens2arrest anyone based on “reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion”, referred to by Cornell professor Joseph Margulies as a “catching-fleeing-slave law”.[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
[an1863 lawThat allows citizens2arrest anyone based on “reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion]This explains how aCourt could seat only1Black juror in a county that is 26.6% Black.[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
Knowing how this belief[an1863 lawThat allows citizens2arrest anyone based on “reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion]has shaped reality for every Black person in America[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
[an1863 lawThat allows citizens2arrest anyone based on “reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion]explains why white people are the only group who doesn’t think “attention to the history of slavery and racism is good for society”.[bit.ly/3cDq7bH by @michaelharriot]
It is reasonable to assume that Black history is as scary as the people in it. It is reasonable to assume that police fear for their lives when they detain Black suspects. [Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
It is reasonable2assume that police fear4their lives when they detain Black suspects.It is reasonable4conservatives to assumeThat Black voters willUpset the political equilibrium if they are not systemically suppressed.[bit.ly/3cDq7bH by @michaelharriot]
And yes, it was reasonable to believe that Kyle Rittenhouse’s white jurors would grant him the privilege of self-defense. [Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
The Rittenhouse verdict is proof that it is reasonable to believe that the fear of Black people can absolve a white person of any crime.[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @guardianUS]
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