re: #69 Bass Reeves

When I was 13 I had two cop cars pull up on the sidewalk to pincer me, sirens and lights blazing. The cops jumped out, pulled their guns, and told me to get on the ground. I refused because I was in my new suit, having just walked around the corner from my church. Things would have gone downhill rapidly if not for my aunt across the street seeing what was happening and going 100% into angry tirade.

The excuse for three cops to point their guns at a 13 year old, 5 foot 5 inch, 110 pound glasses wearing black boy in a suit? I fit the description.

The ‘description’ was ‘black male, age 16-30’. This shit isn’t funny, and it isn’t excusable.

Can we stop making excuses when people who should know better make fatal mistakes?

Let’s hear it for angry aunts!