And that is very horrible and very tragic but 2 things come to mind 1) it's 2020 and 2) Juneteenth has nothing to do with the Tulsa massacre. Nothing at all. Juneteenth as I've now learned, has to do with the date in 1865 that the slaves in Texas first learned they were emancipated (free) the 2 have nothing to do with one another at all. If it were about the Tulsa massacre then no day of any year would be acceptable to hold a rally there. But of course, it's not about that.
Not a spike. Keep listening to fake news. There's tons more testing going on.
And how many white people get killed for simply taking the wrong exit into a bad community? How many get pulled out of their cars and killed because a certain group of people are upset with the outcome of a court case? 400 years is a long time ago. In the last 60 years there have been black councilmen, mayors, governors, congressmen, senators, supreme court justices, and even a president. That's not even counting all the scientists, professors, pilots, doctors, lawyers, and businessmen and women, just to name a few. Good thing that these amazing people never got the memo that they were too oppressed to ever make anything of themselves.
And all of that sucks. I'm not patronizing you it really does because that is profiling. I told my youngest son (27 years old) that if he and I were to drive around Liberty City or Overtown at midnight we would probably get pulled over as the police would be convinced we were there to buy drugs or whatnot. But my example is not the same as what you have written. What you wrote really is one of the most serious problems out there much more then killing of unarmed people because it happens much more frequently and it goes largely un reported.
This Country has made such positive strides in Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Womens Rights in the last 60 years. That doesn't sell though. Very sad........I never thought I'd see the day that 2 men or 2 women would have the right to marry but now they do. (example)
This is the unpopular truth. Can't keep killing each other and expect the police that have to patrol those neighborhoods to treat you with kindness. They are scared shytless to go into some of those neighborhoods. Hell the good people that live in those neighborhoods live in fear as well.
I'm glad you've made it in life deuce and I will not argue at all that profiling is wrong. It's not the same but I grew up with hair a third of the way down my back in the late 70's. My dad had a cargo van that I drove quite a bit when I was 17 to 18 before I bought my own vehicle. The cops in So Fla used to pull me over on a regular basis and would pull everything out of the van searching for drugs. There were times when I'd be out with friends and they would make us all sit outside the van on the ground while they searched it. I was profiled all the time as some hippy on drugs. The big difference being that I could have simply cut my hair and most of that would have ended while you and others can't change the color of your skin. We do agree on some things and profiling just because you're black is one of them.
801, Im glad no physical harm came upon you. I had to stop for the police a few times but it pales in comparison to what you experienced. A few fender benders, some moving violations.
Arizona 3 deaths, Louisiana 10 deaths.. more black peoples died in Chicago at the hands of other black people than coronavirus in both states.
Thanks but some of my friends had it even worse. Back then if they suspected you had drugs on you they would sometimes tear apart your seats and say they thought there might have been drugs hidden in the foam. This happened to 3 of my friends over the years and they were all let go on the scene but then they had all that damage to their vehicles. They all had long hair as well. Some of the cops back then had a real attitude towards us long hairs.
