This may be the 3rd time that Mad Man has used the above-noted heading for one of his observations. It has become quite alarmingly common to read and watch the news where another white policeman has maliciously murdered an unarmed Black man.
On Saturday, April 4th, in North Charleston, South Carolina, Mr. Walter Scott 50, was stopped by a police office by the name of Thomas Slager for what has been reported to be a moving violation. It has also been reported that Mr. Scott had a warrant out for his arrest.
What ensued and captured on video was Officer Slager firing at least 8 times at Mr. Scott while Mr. Scott was running away. Some of the shots fired struck Mr. Scott in the back and he was pronounced dead on the scene. What Mad Man found to be extremely disgraceful was that the officer handcuffed this man while he lay dying on the ground.
What the video also revealed was Officer Slager dropping something next to Mr. Scott body which is now being reported to be the Taser that Officer Slager claims that Mr. Scott was trying to wrestle away from him, which caused the policeman to claim that "he feared for his life". Look closely at the video and it is quite easy to determine that there is no way possible that Officer Slager could fear for his life while engaging Mr. Scott.
Again, we have a policeman murdering an unarmed Black man for what appears to be a very "Ferguson-like" moving violation and arrest warrant.
Here's how these situations are reportedly unfolding.
1. Various cities have been using traffic violations and arrests
of African Americans to balance their budgets.
2. The police issue very suspect moving violations and the
violator refuses to pay.
3. Then the ticket doubles and the violator cannot pay due to
various financial conditions and sometimes obstinacy.
4. Now, a warrant is issued for that person's arrest which means
the cost of the original traffic violation has tripled.
5. If the person is apprehended, it means jail time, bail, and then a
court appearance with the cost of the original violation exploding
to 5-7 times the cost of the original ticket..
At present, it is unknown what the warrant for Mr. Scott's arrest was, but if this man was running because of a warrant for a moving violation, this act by officer Slager was nothing but a dirty lowdown murder by a pig.
Recently on one of the talk shows there was a discussion about race, police, and America's prison system and one of the panelist said something very astute and it has stuck with Mad Man. The panelist stated "that in the policing of America and the private prison system, the majority of Black and Brown men are considered a commodity to be arrested and detained in these institutions solely for financial reasons".
Officer Slager murdered Mr. Scott in cold blood and tried to lie his way out of it until the video surfaced. It is very scary to think just how many of these incidents have gone unreported and unpunished because there was no video recording of the incident. Furthermore, until recently, all police forces in America have not kept records of police involved shooting deaths which has created this murderous mentality.
Unfortunately, it appears that the only victims of this very egregious act of violence are Black and Brown men. I am sure that some white guy gets killed every now and then but what we are seeing today is ridiculous and blatantly, in your face, racism!
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