It Is Black History Month In The UK. In The Tumultuous Year That Is 2020 We Look Back At Two Recent Occurances of Police Brutality Against African-Americans In America, Both of Which Happened After The Worldwide Protests Which Followed The Police Brutality Murder of George Floyd Just Weeks And A Few Short Months Earlier Respectively.
After The Viral Real Time Murder of George Floyd In May, Which Shocked The World And Moved The World To Global Protest, The Unthinkable Happened. The Unimaginable. The Unfathomable. The Police Did It Again. To Another Black Father. In June. And Then Another Black Father In August. Both Cases of Avoidable Police Killings Delivered More Police Brutality, Evil, Inhumanity, Abuse of Power, And Trauma To Children In The Process!
When He Finally, Eventually, Wakes Up From Surgery Jacob Blake Asks His Father – Why Did They Shoot Me So Many Times?
For Example, A Simple Instruction To Stand Still, Not Move & Slowly Put One’s Hands Up In Air or Kneel On The Ground Could Have Been Issued. Especially As Three Terrified Little Children Were Present. They Are Now Tragically Fatherless.
Unarmed Black Man, Jacob Blake, Was Shot 7 Times In The Back By Police. In Front of His Three Young Children. Sons Aged 8, 5 & 3. Despite Making No De-escalation Attempts To Prevent Him Returning To His Vehicle, The Police, After A Number of Days, Released A Story Saying He Admitted He Had A Gun & They Believe He Was Going To Get It. Despite His Three Young Boys Being In The Vehicle. Meanwhile, During Protests Over On-going Police Brutality, 17 Year Old Trump Supporter, Kyle Rittenhouse Had Already Shot & Killed Two People When He Casually Sauntered By Police. Yet The Police Did Nothing To Him. Except High Five Him, Thank Him For His Help & Give Him Water. He Was Allowed To Go Home Under His Own Steam & Later Hand Himself In In His Own Time.
Speaking To CNN, Thursday 27 August 2020, Attorney Benjamin Crump Said “This Is The Tale of Two Videos.” He Explained “….Which Illustrates There Are Two Different Justice Systems In America. One For Black America. One For White America.” He Outlined ” A Young White Kid Shot Two People, Was Arrested & Taken Into Custody, Despite Walking Around With A Long Rifle. A Young Black Man Was Shot & Maimed But Had No Weapon on Him.” “Our Goal Is That Our Children Get To Live Lives With Liberty & Justice Too”.
As If To Accentuate Their Inhumanity & Utter Lack of Common Decency Jacob Was Handcuffed To The Hospital Bed When He Came Round From His Operations, Following The Shooting Which Paralyzed Him. Speaking To CNN His Father Said He Found That To Be “Overkill”. He Also Reported That His Son Asked “Why Did They Shoot Me So Many Times”? He Said His Son Lost Count After 4 or 5. He Just Wanted His Son To Get Better So He Did Not Press Him on What Happened At That Time, As He Did Not Want Him To Get Emotional. Officers Involved Still Remain At Liberty.
Jacob Blake Was Shot On His Child’s Birthday. As Was RayShard Brooks
The Shooting of Blake Was Not The First Since George Floyd’s Murder. Jacob Was With Sons Because One of Them Was Celebrating His Birthday. Another Father, In Another Incident, Rayshard Brooks Was Also Shot & Killed on His Child’s Birthday. This Time The Child Was A Young Daughter.
Brooks Had Made Plans With His Daughter That Day Because It Was Her Birthday & They Were Going Skating. He Was Shot June 12th 2020.
The Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks, Twice In The Back As He Ran Away, To Avoid Being Handcuffed, Has Since Been Charged With Murder.
Officer Garrett Rolfe Was Fired The Next Day.
Rolfe Is Now Suing The Atlanta Mayor & Police Chief Saying His Rights Were Violated & He Has Been Humiliated.
He Shot Brooks After Getting Into A Wrestling Match On The Ground With Him As He Tried To Handcuff Him After Deciding He Had Too Much To Drink.
Brooks Had Fallen Asleep In His Car And Apparently Blocked Traffic Trying To Drive Thru’ A Wendys Restaurant.
Brooks Got Hold of The Officer’s Taser & Fired It Twice Without The Officer Going Down. Two Discharges Is The Most A Standard Taser Can Make. The Officer Shot Brooks In The Back Twice As He Then Ran Away. Brooks Had Explained He Had Family Within Walking Distance, Yet Once Again, The Officer Failed To De-escalate The Situation & Instead Killed A Black Man, Traumatized A Family And Hurt The Community. It Also Led To The Destruction of Property.
The Wendy’s Was Burnt Down Days Later. Three People Were Later Apprehended. Including Rayshard’s Caucasion Girlfriend.
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