The more I read the headline and watch the new I am even more convinced that our government leaders on all levels are aware of the flood of Dirty Baby Diaper Juice that we call the American justice system. Say whatever you will but this is beyond preposterous!!!! Eric Garner is a modern day Radio Raheem, as featured in Spike Lee's classic racially charged time bomb of truth Do The Right Thing! After reading about four different cases of alleged suicides where Black and Brown men are accused of shooting themselves with handcuffs on locked behind their backs, I'm just sick of it.
These cases are far from suicides. These are just more examples of evidence of a criminal injustice system that consistently commits crimes against poor Black and Brown American citizens with no conscience and no apologies. The depressing reality is that even with cameras exposing the clear evidence of murderous crimes committed by law enforcing criminals, the Oscar Grants and Eric Garners are not vindicated.
Thank you Denzel Washington for using the movie Training Day to expose to the masses of American citizens what us Black men have to face every day. The blatant disregard for humanity and justice are common place in our American history as well as the present day. Rampart Scandals happen every day and we Black and Brown men are the hunted victims who pay the heaviest penalties. Check into The Rampart Scandals for specific examples http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/cron.html
This is why I teach so that I can inform my students of these American Apple pie eating cultural norms. What gives me peace is knowing that God knows and will repay all of these perpetrators and our insidiously sick and twisted system for all of these crimes against humanity. Question what would have happened if Eric Garner was an attractive 24 year old white female college girl illegally selling concert tickets aka "scalping tickets"? What would that public outcry and outrage look like? Oh yeah that would never happen because the cop would be too busy asking for her number.
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