"Johnathen Ferrell, black, beautiful, and gone to soon" Rest in Peace Sweet Child

 

 Lawyers for a North Carolina cop who shot an unarmed man seeking help after a car accident say their client's actions were "justified."

haveallittletalk said: Honestly Redeye, if I were black I don't think I'd have the courage to have children in this country. 

I wonder if they are going to delve into the background of Officer Randall Kirk to see if there is anything in his background that would make him afraid of a black man ?  I can understand the fear of the woman who called police when she opened the door late at night to Johnathan Ferrell, a large black man, but I can't understand why an armed and supposedly trained  Randall Kirk, surrounded by other armed police personnel, felt compelled to let off a barrage of bullets at Johnathan Ferrell.  Even if, and I say if, Ferrell was up to no good, he deserved a fair trial in a court of law. 

 

Jonathan Ferrell was 24 years old. A former Florida A&M football player, he recently moved to North Carolina and was engaged to be married.  Now there will be no wedding, no smiling pictures of him celebrating his milestone quarter century birthday next month.  Read more at Ebony.com

 Our men cannot run to the police for help, because most police aren’t capable of aiding them. Our men may not run from the police in fear, for a Black man with his back turned is no less dangerous. Our men can’t hold arms akimbo or search for their IDs or cell phones or freedom papers to prove that they are, in fact, worthy of NOT BEING KILLED FOR EXISTING.

"For those of you who are tired of hearing about racism, imagine how much more tired we are constantly experiencing it." - Barbara Smith

White House comments in Trayvon Martin case

Actually, it should read,  the white male who speaks for the White House comments in the case of Trayvon Martin by passing the buck back to the Sanford Police Department.  I wonder what part of the Sanford Police Department is part of the problem doesn't he understand?

What do you want to bet if the Black militia group who wants to arrest George Zimmerman gets involved there will be plenty of comment from the white male who speaks for the White House?

As with the cases of  the Jena Six, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Sean Bell, Shirley Sherrod, and Troy Davis, the first African American President can't take a position, because it might offend 39% of  white voters.

Is it too much to ask the President of the United States of America to stand for something other than killing Osama Bin Laden?  What about the killing of Trayvon Martin ?  His family does not trust the local police department, with good reason.

See this is why I didn't want an African American President, because he's the African American President of everybody but African Americans.

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