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tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 07:52 PM Jun 2020

Tyler Perry seeks justice for 2men that went missing after traffic stop - both presumed dead

This man got away with murder. Who knows of how many black and hispanic men. With the new scrutiny, and demand for justice. I hope somebody's conscience starts eating them.

Tyler Perry posts about Collier disappearances of minority men last seen with ex-deputy

Media mogul Tyler Perry demanded justice yet again this week in the Collier County disappearances of Terrance Williams, a Black man, and Felipe Santos, an immigrant from Mexico.
Both were last seen with Collier sheriff's deputy Steven Calkins more than 15 years ago.
Perry, who has been an ally for the families of the missing men for several years, posted on Facebook: "This story made me just as outraged as the George Floyd video and yet, nothing’s ever been done about it."
][link:https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2020/06/16/tyler-perry-posts-collier-county-disappearances-terrance-williams-felipe-santos/3202526001/?utm_source=naplesnews-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_thumb|

I watched this case on Discovery ID many years ago and I have not shaken it ever since. I was living in NY when I first watched that episode. We did not have Circle K in NYC. I live in the South now, every time I drive by a Circle K, I get anxious and I wonder what happened to Terrence? Even worse, I live close to Naples now. I think about Terrence all the time

I had to stop watching that show Disappeared. It was too much. I can recall 3 different episodes of missing black people. Last seen by law enforcement. There was Mitrice Richardson that disappeared after she was released from jail in the middle of the night. No transportation. No cell phone. Her remains were found a year later. Like Sandra Bland, dead after she was last seen in police custody. Oh and Mitrice's crime? Acting bizarrely in a restaurant, not paying the restaurant bill. Brings us back to the defund the police issue. The police acknowledge Mitrice seemed to have been having a manic episode. Yet she never got psychiatric or medical help. She was arrested and according to them, released at night. Just like in Sandra Bland's case, I don't buy it. Link to info about Mitrice's case
[link:https://laist.com/2019/09/17/mitrice-richardson-disappearance-10-year-anniversary.php|

Here is Tyler talking to Rev.Sharpton about the case is 2012. Somebody knows something. And just like it took years for many cases from the 60's to get solved, when people's consciences start eating at them, I hope with this renewed call for racial justice, somebody comes forward to put this evil man away for life.

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