For those that don’t understand why the Black Lives Matter movement and others who fight for social justice are so outraged with police brutality, police involved killings and whites killing unarmed people of color…
THE ISSUE IS ACCOUNTABILITY
When there is Black on Black crime, white on white crime, Asian on Asian crime, someone is going to jail. When it’s a case of police brutality or a “George Zimmerman”-like situation, NO ONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
Case In Point
Our hearts bleed for the three Cleveland children killed in the past four weeks; a precious 5-month old baby girl, Aavielle Whitaker, shot in the chest in a car with her mom (above left); a 5-year-old boy, Ramon Burnett, playing football is killed by crossfire – police blame two teenagers (above right); and a 3-year-old boy, Major Howard, riding in a car is fatally wounded during a drive-by (above center).
Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams
City leaders are making an emotional plea for the public to help police solve and stop the violence. At a news conference Friday, the police chief was visibly emotional and appeared angry.”It’s been hard to stomach,” Police Chief Calvin Williams said, the day after he broke down in tears while talking to reporters [VIDEO] at a crime scene, and decried how “innocent babies” were being killed as the result of meaningless disputes. SOURCE: Associated Press
Why does Chief Williams find it hard to stomach senseless killings of children over the last few weeks, but not the senseless killing of the child playing
alone in a park by HIS “officer of the peace” last year?! Neither officer involved in Tamir’s shooting have been arrested or held accountable for their actions. Did you cry those same tears for Tamir? The evidence is clear and was caught on tape. Again…
THE ISSUE IS ACCOUNTABILITY
A Side Note Regarding Black on Black Killings…
There are countless individuals and organizations that continuously fight against Black on Black crime. To say that we are not outraged about the senseless killings in our community is absolutely ridiculous. Those situations are terrible tragedies, because we lose at least two in our community when it happens – the victim and the perpetrator who is found guilty. In addition, it propels a vicious cycle of retaliation.