How Black Kids Can Stay Safe Around Cops: Stop Being Black
Jenee Desmond-Harris, Vox: How Black Kids Like the Ones in McKinney, Texas, Can Stay Safe Around Cops: Stop Being Black - Vox
In shocking video footage made public over the weekend, a McKinney, Texas, police officer is seen pulling his gun on a group of unarmed black teens leaving a pool party, and violently wrestling a bikini-clad girl to the ground, slamming her head against the grass and sitting with his knees on her back as she begged for help.
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one thing seems perfectly clear: none of this would have happened had the kids involved been white.Very Smart Brothas’ Damon Young made the point perfectly in a piece headlined “What those kids in McKinney should have done to prevent the cops from assaulting them.” His list:
1. Don’t be Black
2. Don’t be Black around the police
3. Be White kids