A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop
You know what comes from “just going with it”? 16 years on a life sentence for a crime you didn’t commit. Dude wasn’t going back, and that’s 100% justified imo. I’m digging how none of the police will elaborate on precisely why he was pulled over or what the arrest was supposedly for. Sounds like a contempt of cop they’re trying to slow play because it’s absolutely egregious in this scenario
I’m not disagreeing with your scenario, I’m just thinking about pure statistics right now. We now incarcerate and murder POC in the US with enough frequency that it almost feels like “wrongfully incarcerated and then murdered for being black” all via coincidence has a higher statistical probability than we could possibly imagine. I’m not defending the cop, I’m saying that the system is so broken that these scenarios could actually just start happening passively.
You know what comes from “just going with it”? 16 years on a life sentence for a crime you didn’t commit. Dude wasn’t going back, and that’s 100% justified imo. I’m digging how none of the police will elaborate on precisely why he was pulled over or what the arrest was supposedly for. Sounds like a contempt of cop they’re trying to slow play because it’s absolutely egregious in this scenario
They’ll investigate themselves.
They’ll explain why the badgecam was deactivated or malfunctioning.
They’ll say that the victim was acting aggressively and threatened the officer.
They’ll spin it to say the victim was a former inmate with potential “criminal related ties”.
They’ll try their best to keep the name of the murderer who pulled the trigger secret.
They’ll sweep it under the rug and get away with another senseless killing.
I’m not disagreeing with your scenario, I’m just thinking about pure statistics right now. We now incarcerate and murder POC in the US with enough frequency that it almost feels like “wrongfully incarcerated and then murdered for being black” all via coincidence has a higher statistical probability than we could possibly imagine. I’m not defending the cop, I’m saying that the system is so broken that these scenarios could actually just start happening passively.