re: Why Does Black Lives Matter Use People Like Michael Brown and Alton Sterling?

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So is the police officer just supposed to let Brown grab his gun and blow his head off?

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No, of course not but that's based off the premise that a factually and scientifically racist police department (and the DA would had a cop dad murdered by a black man) would handle this case unbiased. By in large, black folks historically have no reason to give law enforcement the same level of trust that white folks do. That's just facts and until the larger white majority acknowledges this, we can't move forward. They have not and speculatively still do not legislate and enforce laws equally. You can base your premise on equality and justice for all and not enforce it equally. That by no means does not absolve black peoples from getting their acts together, from respecting law enforcement, cleaning their community, taking ownership, etc. but the police serve them. They are their servants and should serve them with equality.


Blacks folks have lived and smelled that bullshite for years.

Not being a "good guy" doesn't exclude you from liberty, justice and fair and equal treatment under the law. "Exceptional" clauses for our unalienable rights puts a price on it and does not, in any way, ensure an equal rights society. We'd be lying to ourselves if we thought so.

We should be defending the criminals, because if we set the bar at with the exceptionals, then we can never truly uphold our ideals