A video of Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car during a traffic stop has caused national outrage, with civil rights lawyers accusing authorities of fabricating their arrest report.
that… sounds right. I guess 30 years ago I wouldn’t have expected to be assaulted by the cops, and now I 100% do. And everyone else in the world sees the US as a very dangerous place to visit now too. Used to be different, but maybe it is just perception of what was always there.
It’s crazy because I grew up “knowing that’s just how things were”. I’m brown and my name has way too many vowels, so I knew to keep my head down when the police might be involved. Then I learned that’s not the norm everywhere in the world and my mind was blown.
that… sounds right. I guess 30 years ago I wouldn’t have expected to be assaulted by the cops, and now I 100% do. And everyone else in the world sees the US as a very dangerous place to visit now too. Used to be different, but maybe it is just perception of what was always there.
It’s crazy because I grew up “knowing that’s just how things were”. I’m brown and my name has way too many vowels, so I knew to keep my head down when the police might be involved. Then I learned that’s not the norm everywhere in the world and my mind was blown.