1810

Something to think about:

This white man shot 60 people, but somehow cops managed to take him into custody without killing him. They didn’t even fire a shot.

1811

Fuck me, cops are insane.

Police chief says this is a trained technique and best practice but maybe they shouldn’t have done it. Very clear.

1812

Less of a police force, more of a schutzstaffel at this point. These are evil bastards. Proper evil. “concentration camp evil” is a phrase I have used before and is now more apt than ever.

1813

Yeah, but that was like what, 80 years ago? No excuse for the people back then but I’d like to think we’ve come a long ways since that time. I can’t imagine Galveston police officers in 2019 would ever do something so obviously racially charged. I mean, think of the optics. Even if the officers were racist shits, I’m sure they’d be afraid to display their prejudice in public, which would probably lead to their immediate dismissal from the force.

1814

They don’t care.

1815

80 years ago?

1816

Just being sarcastic, sorry. Some places never learn from history.

1817

True.

They probably thought this was funny and a proper punishment without thinking even a hot second about what kind of history is behind all of this. The alternative is they knew exactly what they were doing and that they would get away with it… if it weren’t for those meddling kids!

1818

Its almost like their training is rooted in white supremacy

1819

Some crazy lady double down crazy lady action!

1820

The teenage boys, ages 15 and 16, were going door-to-door on the morning of Aug. 7 in the town of Wynne selling discount cards to raise money for the team’s meal fund, which pays for food before and after their games, Carl Easley, Wynne School District Superintendent, told ABC News Friday.

Their efforts took a frightening turn when they approached the house of Jerri Kelly, who is white, according to Easley and Wynne police.

Officers received a call about “suspicious persons” and, upon arriving at the scene, found the boys on the ground with a woman standing over them with a gun, Wynne Police Chief Jackie Clark said in a statement.

The officers let the children stand up, and the teens told police they were fundraising in the neighborhood, Clark said. Two of the four had been wearing their high school football jerseys, according to Easley.

A warrant was issued for Kelly, 46, on Monday and she was arrested later that day. She was charged with four counts of aggravated assault, four counts of false imprisonment and four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.

1821

Bravo for the response! Let’s let her sweat out those charges for a bit, it will at least be edifying.

1822

How long before we see the well she’s so nice in person. I just don’t get it. Of course the person who says that is not a black teen having the nerve to go to her house and try to sell something.

1823

This is a kind of courage that is quite frankly hard to imagine.

1824

Yeah, sad though it is, these days there is no way in bell I go into a white neighborhood as a black teen and approach houses, not even in a group. Maybe even less so as a group.

1825

This is a fascinating read on how racism and segregation played a major part of how many hiways and interstates were used to continue segregationist policies.

1826

Is there anything in the US that isn’t touched by racism these days?

1827

‘These days’ are the last 300+ years.

1828

Yes, I suppose you are right.

I guess we’ll be dealing with this sin for a long long time.

1829

Is this the part were we tell everyone not to be angry, to stop playing the race card and then shift the entire narrative away from the minority experience so we can worry about how receptive the benefactors of these policies feel today about it?