Lets take race out of it for a second: How would you feel if you were just having a casual party with some friends and all of a sudden you're pinned down by a police man for no apparent reason?
Well. That's exactly what happened. In every news report I see... the words 'Black' 'Teen' 'Police' are plastered all over the article.
That's not even my point.
It's not as if the teenagers in the video were drunk and disorderly, or causing a raucous.. they were just having a good time and got RANDOMLY assaulted by a police officer (Oh, the irony)
What is happening right now?
Seriously?
It infuriates me not only because innocent young people were hurt, but it was-- and this is where race needs to come in-- young black teens. They weren't fighting.. they weren't doing anything to cause a fuss.
And according to this most recent article; they ARE saying that the attack was racially motivated.
Either way, it's crude, unfair and downright grotesque. There was no need for it. I mean, did the police officer just see a group of black people, assume they were going to be violent and decided to take it upon himself to be violent also?
I mean. Come on. We have enough stereotypes as it is; and to be quite frank, he was mistaken. Big time.
And now 'coincidentally' the police officer has now resigned...
Mmhmm.
But I have question.. isn't the police's duty to 'Protect and serve'? What he did was neither...
#rantover
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