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What part of “I am not the one” do you not understand?Â
And what the fuck do you mean “before you say something about Kyle Rittenhosue these are two different cops”? Like yeah, asshole, that’s KIND OF THE WHOLE FUCKING PROBLEM? The police system is built off racism and white supremacy so cops are more than willing to put their life - and the lives of others - on the line to keep from killing white people, but black and brown lives aren’t held to the same value and don’t get the same treatment. And it’s so fucking pervasive it is happening EVERYWHERE. That’s the whole fucking point. Cause who cares if it’s a black kid that dies right?Â
This man killed 2 women and a child then chased a cop and only got maced:
“But he’s naked!” You cry. “And he doesn’t have a weapon!”
OK bitch, this fucker is literally just standing there while this guy waves around a machete:
This dude actually got stabbed IN THE NECK:
And STILL managed not to shoot him dead. In fact, he pocketed his weapon and exchanged it for taser. You wanna tell me he wasn’t a threat? That he couldn’t have injured an innocent bystander after running away from the cop he literally JUST STABBED?
Those men are alive, but Ma’Khia isn’t.Â
Why four bullets?Â
Why four bullets TO HER CHEST?
They could have fired off warning rounds either into the car or the ground around their feet. The could have shot her in the foot, in her leg, her arm. They didn’t. Because their instinct isn’t to protect black and brown folks and preserve their life, like they do with white people.Â
And I don’t believe for a second that they were yelling “get down” at Ma’khia, they were yelling at the other teenager so their bullets wouldn’t hit her. They’d already decided to shoot Ma’khia by then, and they preferred one dead body over two.
You can shake your head and say “it was sad but necessary” all you fucking want, but that doesn’t make it true.
And I’m honestly getting to the point in my activism where I see little difference between people like you and the ignorant fuckers who say she deserved it. Because the outcome of both attitudes is the same: black people continue to be unjustly killed and you move on with your life, unbothered.
And just as a side note? Anytime someone rolls up saying “that’s not exactly the same thing” or “the two situations can’t be compared”, this is what I think of:
