tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230658262080394592.post1851066884081308381..comments2024-01-05T17:10:58.146-08:00Comments on Police Brutality (and Atrocity) Blog: The Killing of Deaunta FarrowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230658262080394592.post-79088401705021754562007-11-25T12:50:00.000-08:002007-11-25T12:50:00.000-08:00AAPP: Thank you for posting the case of Deaunta Fa...AAPP: <BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting the case of Deaunta Farrow at the AfroSpear Police Brutality blog. This case demonstrates why, regardless of complex issues of proof and guilt and liability in cases of police brutality and unequal justice, this is an issue that WILL NOT GO AWAY and that must stay on the front burner of the afrosphere. <BR/><BR/>Juan Williams can assert all he wants that there is a gulf between the Black rich and poor, but the afrosphere's advocacy in cases like this shows that we all know where our interests are one and the same. We are all just a whim away from a casket as long as police value Black lives less than white ones.<BR/><BR/>The facts in police brutality and unequal justice cases are often not completely clearly, frequently because the police themselves, who are first on the scene, hide and obscure information that would prove their culpability. What's usually is clear is that one more Black person is dead because a police officer shot them, often when they were unarmed. And if the person shot dead was white instead of Black, then s/he'd still be alive.<BR/><BR/>That's why the burden must always on the police and the justice system to show that their actions were warranted rather than on Black people to show that the actions were unwarranted. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I believe that Black people should join with conservatives (on this issue) to oppose increased wages, benefits and equipment for police forces that do not support systems of full accountability for police actions, including elected police oversight boards.<BR/><BR/>FrancisFrancis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.com