2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Exactly How Often Do Police Shoot Unarmed Black Men? [View all]Warpy
(111,141 posts)but they were equal opportunity cowboy cops. The one that finally brought the Feds down on them happened to be white (or mostly so) but you couldn't tell what color he was by the video since he'd been sleeping rough for years.
He was no angel, either, with a long rap sheet and a history of mental illness. He still didn't deserve to die for illegal camping that fucked up some yuppie's view. Anyone looking at him would wonder how anyone could stand such a life, but he was standing it and he deserved to keep on living it.
He wasn't the only one. One guy was shot in his own side yard. His deadly weapon was a broom. That is how bad it has gotten.
It doesn't matter what color the victim is, it's about the cops, not their victims, and how much the cops need to be deprived of military hardware, told to use the money for better training for the cops they have and hiring more cops as time goes on. Mostly, they have to be deprived of the notion that they're an occupying army.