If you don’t understand the weight of the brutal murder of #TyreNichols on the Black community, this would be a good moment to press in & pay attention, to sit in & sit with the grief, & to try to comprehend that many know they could’ve been in the same situation.
They’ve seen and experienced this since they can remember. Police brutality existed since the days of chattel slavery.
I can’t tell you the number and type of Black people who have experienced some form of harassment, profiling, mistreatment, and violence at the hands of police.
I can’t tell you the number and type of Black people who have experienced some form of harassment, profiling, mistreatment, and violence at the hands of police.
Those who are supposed to protect and serve, end up being the ones who cause the most terror because their weapons are given to them by the state and their violence is often justified.
Sadly, in corrupt systems, even the good cops get penalized for standing up for what is right.
Sadly, in corrupt systems, even the good cops get penalized for standing up for what is right.
We need major police reform throughout the US. Now. There is no reason a civilian should be brutalized and killed like #TyreNichols was. No reason at all.
May God have mercy as He enacts justice.
May God have mercy as He enacts justice.
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