This morning I watched a disturbing and horrific video where an officer executed a Black woman in cold blood. Yes, I said executed. This woman was lying on the ground screaming "I'm pregnant" when the officer shot her five times at point blank range. The video is as disturbing as it is infuriating. Every time I see these incidents, which happen all to often, it reminds me of the world we live in.
What disturbs me even more is when I saw the video it was posted by a white woman with a caption making excuses for the officer. It brought me almost to my breaking point. Please understand: I will not suffer gas lighting white folks (or apologetic Black folks) who have zero empathy for Black life. I will not appeal to the morality and sense of decency of people who lack a moral center. I will not try to explain that police make a conscious choice to discharge their weapons to those who would exonerate murderers no matter what I say. I've BEEN done with you. You are my enemy. I will address you as such. I will treat you as such. You are sociopaths. I will address you as such. I will treat you as such.
Already there are people trying to justify this public execution by saying she grabbed his taser. I ask why was he struggling with her to begin with? Why did he grab her to begin with? The story is supposedly that he was on a routine patrol and he saw her, knew her, and thought she might have a warrant out for her arrest. If that's the case, there are several ways he could've handled it besides getting into a struggle with her and firing five shots at point blank range while she layed on the ground screaming "I'm pregnant!".
As I said though, I'm long past the point of arguing, explaining, or even discussing this with those who believe shooting a pregnant woman lying on the ground, who may have had mental issues, is justified. I'm past the point of trying to open eyes. I'm past the point of trying to make people understand. If you think it's justified to execute an unarmed woman in the street to hell with you. If you think it's OK to run into a yard and shoot children to hell with you. If you think it's OK to run into someone's home and shoot a little girl sleeping on the couch in the head to hell with you.
I have nothing for you gas lighting sociopaths. Because you have nothing for me. No empathy. No respect. And certainly no love. Discussions have ended. We have now reached a point where we as Black people must come together as a community and decide how we proceed. We are surrounded by tyrannical, corrupt, racist law enforcement. We are surrounded by gas lighting bigots. We are surrounded by boot licking apologists. It's clear, at least to me, that human decency will not win the day. If we are going to stop the assassination of our mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, and kinfolk we're going to have to resist them. Because they have proven time and again that they care absolutely nothing for Black life. Arguing or engaging in discussion with sociopaths who couch their racial bias and hated with support for corrupt law enforcement is a waste of time and energy.
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