Did you hear about the black man killed by police this month?

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/megpoppy/status/592328469662564353/photo/1

[lovemydog]

1. It must stop.

It has been going on since the beginning of this country.

It must stop.

We're better than this.

[daleanime]

17. +1

[tblue37]

30. I wish I could be sure that we are--but I have my doubts. nt

[mountain grammy]

35. Sadly, I don't think we are....

I think I am and you are, and a whole hell of a lot of Americans are, but the country as a whole, not better. In America, from the beginning, it's been ok, even encouraged, to kill black Americans and American Indians and any other non conforming human being that somehow offended the power of the day.

Yes, there's been progress. No more lynching parties in the town square for Sunday afternoon entertainment. Armies and state police no longer ride into towns and villages killing at will. Hell, even some white folks were slaughtered if they had the nerve to join a union and/or strike for the right to be treated like a human being. Now, corporations have nearly complete control, so very few pesky unions. Police kill citizens at will, rarely any consequences, and the corporate media remains silent. Now, with every citizen walking around with a camera, it's kind of difficult to ignore, but, give em credit, they're sure as hell trying.

Who needs lynch mobs anymore? Haters can stay at home and have the police do it them.

No, America is not better than this.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. ^ n/t

[dmr]

49. +1

Heartbreaking and horrifying.

[enough]

2. k&r (nt)

[irisblue]

3. yeah, this

[BrotherIvan]

4. Speechless...

[Jesus Malverde]

5. Powerful...nt

[etherealtruth]

6. K and R, powerful and moving

[vive la commune]

7. K&R

[ibegurpard]

8. I was just going to say

which one?

[Enthusiast]

9. Great post, kpete. Thank you.

[AuntPatsy]

10. Most powerful one I've seen.....kicking

[Logical]

11. The problem is that no one really cares and no one wants to fix it. nt

[lostnfound]

20. LOTS of people care and LOTS want to fix it.

It is generally frowned upon to discuss anything political in the corporate workplace, but this crosses the threshold where it feels incumbent on people to raise awareness and call attention to it. So I've been discussing it often, with many people -- colleagues, suppliers, people in the community. Business people, salesmen, engineers.
EVERYONE is outraged and upset about it -- working class, middle class, upper class. Even rightwimgers. Everyone.My son's 14 year old friend brought it up in the car today.
I'm making it a point to try to remember the victim's names and specifics, and discuss it.

[Logical]

21. But you see jurys constantly finding cops not guilty or letting them off on a Grand Jury.......

People tend to 100% believe the police. You are raised to trust them.

I see no states passing laws that try to stop police abuse.

Hell, Texas is trying to make it illegal to tape a cop closer than 30 feet.

[romanic]

24. I'm beginning to feel that way too.

No one cares about violence towards black people. They don't care about police violence towards blacks or black on black violence. It's "everyday news" now for black people to be killed every day and no one bats an eye.

[nikto]

12. Did you hear...

[marym625]

13. my heart hurts

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. kick

[peacebird]

15. Sadly, kick...

[onecaliberal]

16. This needs to stop!

[WillyT]

18. Huge K & R !!!

[Buzz Clik]

19. You really haven't lived until you've been treated to this:

A rightwinger justifying every one of those deaths as policemen performing their duty within the boundaries of protocol.

[Thespian2]

22. K & R, hugely !!!!!!!!!!

When will the carnage stop?

[awoke_in_2003]

23. A very sad rec...

The list is probably 20 too short.

[hifiguy]

25. The saddest and most infuriating thing is

that one has to ask "Which one?"

[BlueCaliDem]

26. My initial response when reading your subject line..."Which one?"

Isn't it incredibly sad that I even thought that? "Which one"? Heart-breaking.

[calimary]

41. That was my initial response, too. Just seeing the subject line.

"Which one?"

Discouraging. And disheartening.

[gordianot]

27. It almost makes you nostalgic for the gentler days of water hoses and anonymous church bombings.

[Solly Mack]

28. ...

[tblue37]

29. K&R! When will it end? nt

[Pooka Fey]

31. American citizens being mauled and/or killed by their own public servants? Yeah, I'm sick of it

Having our tax dollars support this sick violent malignant system? Yup, sick of it.

Don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but I'm also pretty sick of watching President Obama and our Federal government stand around and allow this madness to continue.

We need a Marshall Plan to overhaul the entire police system into the image of the Scandinavian system. Swedish cops for Americans. I'm sick of Americans being treated like disposable drinking cups.

"Texas cop smashes woman's face into pavement, knocks her unconscious" (in front of her 6 year old kid)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026561270

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/23/round-rock-texas-cop-viviana-keith/

[malthaussen]

32. The month's not over yet, either.

You know that old expression "It's a jungle out there?" I think we know who are the predators.

-- Mal

[jtuck004]

37. I think we know who are the predators. < The ones who pay them to be out there, doing this

to people of a different skin color.

[Overseas]

33. Sad K&R. That's what I was thinking-- which one?

[L0oniX]

34. K & R

[Xyzse]

36. Dammit...

[jtuck004]

38. As soon as the wealthy folk want it to stop, it will. n/t

[freshwest]

39. Yeah, it's never just the one. It's a war. It's a disgrace and is destroying the nation.

The racist demagogues are bolder than I've ever seen them in my life and I've seen a lot. The war on POC has gone on for centuries. It's domestic terrorism. Call it what it is.

[secondwind]

40. knr

[blackspade]

43. A reckoning is coming

[Stuart G]

44. kick

...

[Ilsa]

45. First thought: "Of course there's another one."

It won't stop until the perp cops go to prison and the powers that be say it's time for it to stop.

[rhett o rick]

46. And I say "wake up" to those deniers that will argue that we aren't totally in a police state.

The militarization of local police departments, the "stand your ground" laws, the massive arrests per the so-called "drug war", the over the top police violence against protestors and average innocent citizens (and dogs), are manifestations of slide ever farther into a fascist state. The Plutocratic Oligarchy leaders are conspiring and acting thru their government puppets to tightening the noose.

We may not be in a total police stated yet, but we sure as hell are headed that way and the current administration isn't looking to put the breaks on.

And yes this is a CT and may be subject to attack by those that are living in denial. Dog bless them.

[Dont call me Shirley]

47. Congrats kpete, Thom Hartmann read your post today!

The post is actually very very sad

STOP the killing!

[napkinz]

48. K&R nt

[napkinz]

50. kick nt