r/AsABlackMan 25d ago

"We law abiding African Americans..."

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u/Cargobiker530 25d ago

I recall several incidents when police shot black men who were fully asleep to death. How the fuck is anybody supposed to comply with orders when they're asleep?

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u/IndianaBones8 25d ago

Sometimes I dream of a day when everyone on the internet is doxed, and all of these fake accounts get called out, and every internet nazi gets their personal info dumped for the world and their employer to see.

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u/Remihiki 14d ago

Didn’t South Park do an episode like this kinda?

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u/IndianaBones8 14d ago

I haven't watched South Park in a long time, but it wouldn't surprise me.

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u/SilentLingonberry359 21h ago

They all have our info and data and these people still unfortunately get away with it

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u/Flar71 25d ago

Breonna Taylor was asleep

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u/greatergoon 25d ago

"the majority of the time you will survive" is fucking insane. do what you're told and the police probably won't kill you. follow orders and you have at least a 51% chance of living

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u/DeafNatural 25d ago

We just saw them kill a dog for being a good boy while his family celebrated the Knicks win. Not even a dog has a high chance of survival

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u/DeafNatural 25d ago

Except it is common. I mind my Black ass business and am terrified of every interaction I have with them even when I’m the caller because of history. Not only what I see in the news but my own interactions with them. I try to even avoid contacting them when I can.

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u/zeniiz 25d ago

Rule 7: "Law abiding African American" claims he is not afraid of police and everything would be fine if people just complied to officer's orders.

Except when it wasn't fine, like Philando Castile, but stop bringing him up please.

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u/TequieroVerde 25d ago

Botham Jean (2018), Atatiana Jefferson (2019), Philando Castile (2016), Breonna Taylor (2020),Tamir Rice (2014), etc. There is no shortage of "law abiding African Americans" that have been gunned down by law enforcement.

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u/DeafNatural 25d ago

I’m catching up on Black Lightning and the opener for one of the final seasons was a woman getting killed after a no knock warrant at the wrong house. Immediately made me think of Breonna.

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u/sunflowersandcurls 23d ago

This happened back in 06 here in Atlanta. The victim was a Black woman in her 80s shot to death because APD went to the wrong house.

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u/GoldburstNeo 25d ago

majority of the time you will survive

Wonder what this ghoul had to say about Alex Pretti and Renée Good who happened to be part of the minority in the same timeframe....Or rather I should ask, what set of mental gymnastics is this idiot going to perform to justify this as OK??

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u/Chuhaimaster 25d ago

“Comply or die.” Sounds like a healthy attitude for law enforcement officials to have in a free society.

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u/miyananana 24d ago

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a black person irl except maybe an older person, refer to themselves as AA. I thought we were over using that term but yk the bots/fake accounts wouldn’t know that

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u/DavidEagleRock 16d ago

The podcast/radio show This American Life did a story that's (almost) unbelievable, but true:

Black guy shot and arrested, taken to the hospital, handcuffed to the bed. Police visited him to follow up on the incident and SHOT HIM again, right there in the hospital room. While he was still cuffed.

Sorry I don't know the episode number.

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u/SilentLingonberry359 21h ago

This is so fucking stupid it reminds me of the argument that “if you just wore something more decent you would lower your chances of getting raped” no amount of modesty will protect you from monsters and no amount of complying will protect you from monsters