- by cnn
- 15 Aug 2024
When police abuse Black people, itâs not a Black problem. Itâs a white problem.
While Black people bear the brunt of police brutality, itâs white people who allow this racism to continue.Â
Ours is a majority white society. White people elect the officials who appoint police chiefs. Police chiefs are overwhelmingly white. The people we pay to protect and serve are killing and brutalizing Black people before our very eyes. And weâre letting them get away with it.
In Euclid, Ohio, police officers found a young unarmed Black man sleeping, woke him up and killed him.
In Ocean City, Maryland, police officers tased and beat teenagers for vaping on the boardwalk.Â
In Louisville, Kentucky, police officers kicked down apartment doors with a "no-knock" warrant and killed someone.Â
When we were growing up, our mothers taught us the policeman was our friend. Black mothers have no choice but to teach their children to fear the police.Â
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