Here are 23 ways that you can be killed in America, if you're black...

[MrScorpio]

[HipChick]

1. This is fucking effing sad..

[raven mad]

17. What Hipchick said.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

2. Thanks MrScorpio

The ONLY way things will change for the AA community and other minority populations is relentless, constant, continuous reminders of this situation. and education of the dominant culture.

[HipChick]

3. Agree 1000%

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. The larger dominant culture doesn't need educating. They know exactly what's going on.

They just don't care.

[HipChick]

8. So right..

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

12. I don't agree

racism is taught and institutionalized racism is hard to detect. To say the large culture knows what's going on and doesn't care is too broad of a generalization, for my point of view.

[raven mad]

18. Liberal_Stalwart71, I respectfully disagree.

That's way too much a blanket condemnation of anyone who is white. I am, and yeah, I know what's going on, and I'm working hard in my community to educate and change the system.

I do, however, understand your frustratopm. I'd be more than bitter.

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. Not my experience at all.

I've long since lost count of the people I've seen educated who became horrified when they were drawn out of their unique perspective and began to realize what was going on.

Trevor Noah made that point eloquently on The Daily Show when referencing the cat call video as he addressed the institutionalized racism in law enforcement. He shared a poignant and relevant personal experience of his reaction when he realized he had no clue what women endure daily on the streets.

It's much the same thing. If you're in a position of advantage, you're often blind to the reality that what you consider the normal state of being is in fact an advantage, and others don't have what you take for granted.

[KeepItReal]

5. Well done.

[Solly Mack]

6. I've seen it with my own eyes.

For absolutely nothing, black men at the mercy of the police for nothing more than being black.

[rbrnmw]

7. Thank You

[oberliner]

9. Mario Woods stabbed a random person

He then pulled out a knife when officers tried to arrest him for doing so.

[TygrBright]

10. Oh, so those are both death penalty offenses? Well, okay then.

I must have missed the memo that appointed arresting officers judge, jury and executioner for anyone who commits these particular death penalty offenses.

And after all, a guy in street clothes with a knife can kill a fully-trained, fully-equipped law enforcement officer instantly so even if they weren't sure he'd committed the death-penalty offenses, lethal force was totally justified.

in case anyone can't figure it out...

wearily,
Bright

[oberliner]

23. Of course not

His shooting was completely unjustified.

I just think his circumstances were different from the others on this list in several ways.

[Ash_F]

11. He was walking away when an officer stepped in his path and shot him

What happened to tasers and pepper spray? They only seem to use those on harmless protesters.

[oberliner]

24. Yes, that was completely unjustified

I just think grouping him with some of the others on the list does a disservice to them.

[IronLionZion]

16. We know whose lives matter

instant public execution is something that the colorblind folks will never experience

Meanwhile whites have pointed loaded guns at police officers, threatened them, and lived to do it again.

[oberliner]

25. Instant public execution is sickening

What happened and what continues to happen to young black males especially is a crime of the highest order that needs to be addressed immediately.

That being said, there are significant differences between the circumstances in this instance versus the others.

[raven mad]

19. What TygrBright said.

I'm a copykitty today, but can't think of any other way to say the same.

[oberliner]

26. I did not mean to give that impression

His murder was not justified

[raven mad]

27. Heck, oberliner, we all knew that.

[oberliner]

31. Thanks!

I was hoping that was the case. All the best!

[solara]

13. 0. Here are 23 ways that you can be killed in America, if you're black...

Last edited Wed Jul 13, 2016, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Here are a few more:

24.Breathing while black
25.Sleeping while black
26.Walking while black
27.Living while black
28. Jogging while black
29. Sitting while black
30. Drawing any kind of attention to one's self, while black
31. Sitting in your car while black
32. Reading and sitting in your car while black.

Or so it seems to me

I could be wrong

Maybe I am just over the top fed up

But Black Lives DO Matter, dammit

[jtuck004]

14. It would be nice if you could devote half of the front page to this for a day or two. n/t

[HipChick]

15. K&R

[tblue37]

20. K&R. nt

[zentrum]

21. Eric Garner daughter together

…with Matt Taibbi who investigated the matter say that Mr Garner was not even selling cigarettes. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and maybe even targeted by the lead policeman.

[handmade34]

22. reboot the world!!

https://www.facebook.com/WeAreHereMovement/

[treestar]

28. wow

sums it up.

[ismnotwasm]

29. Ron Sims former King county executive (Washington state)

Gave this interview and is sharing his story. It is terrifying.

Later, when I served on a panel that would recommend a new police chief to Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, I shared with each candidate that I had been stopped by Seattle officers seven times. No one questioned the racial implications of my statement. I wanted to alert them to the need for training.

I had also confided the stops to members of my security detail during my 13 years as King County Executive. Their advice: When stopped by police while driving, put my registration, driver’s license and insurance card on the dashboard; roll down the window and keep both of my hands on the wheel. If it’s at night, do all of this after turning on the dome light. This is what I did earlier this year at my eighth stop.

Cayan and I drink a lot of coffee. My favorite blend comes from Peet’s Coffee across from Green Lake. One morning I was driving to Peet’s because we had run out of coffee. As I pulled up to the stoplight at Rainier Avenue South and South Dearborn Street, I saw the blue and red lights behind me. A voice over the loud speaker said I was stopped because a headlight was out.

The officer ran my plates and walked up to my car. I gave him my car registration, driver’s license and insurance card. I kept saying to myself, why didn’t the officer just tell me that I had a headlight out?

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/ron-sims-gives-his-take-on-driving-while-black-in-seattle/

[Beausoir]

30. Jamar Clark was a thug who beat the shit out of a woman and then went after the paramedics who were

trying to treat her.

THEN...he went after a Cop's gun...(Clark's DNA was found on the gun) and Clark got shot.

All this is AFTER Jamar Clark threw a firebomb into his girlfriend's house WITH HER SMALL CHILDREN INSIDE.

Fuck you for trying to defend that piece of human shit.

[demmiblue]

32. Here is the video:

[Snotcicles]

34. Thom Hartmann just mentioned this post on his radio show. nt

[Blue_Tires]

35. k+r

[seanbnewyork4]

36. I really feel for black people in this country

Even after all these years, they still are heavily discriminated against. And I fear things will only worsen in the future.