2020/06/09 - Black Lives Matter

I just heard of an account of a black man in his 50s who has been stopped by Baltimore Police over 30 times in the past 5 years. Holy Shit! If I was stopped ONCE in the past FIFTY years, I might have wound up in prison (Oh… I forgot I’m white.)

Can you imagine once every 2 months, walking to the corner store for a 6-pack and getting stopped, thrown against the wall or on the ground, searched, and possibly injured or killed if you don’t respond exactly like the police officer wants? At the very least, it’s humiliating. What’s the crime? Walking while black?

And at night time, don’t hold up the cell phone in your hand! A swat team, armed with military equipment used in Afghanistan, will fire 20 rounds into your back in self defense. 

At the end of one of my favorite shows, Last Week With John Oliver, a black woman said we are lucky black people are just looking for equality, not revenge.