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A "good Samaritan."
That’s how an attorney tried to describe a white woman who stalked then killed an unarmed Black man. But from our vantage point? It’s no different than the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
Allegedly, it all started with a minor hit-and-run in 2019. After witnessing 62-year-old Kenneth Herring drive away from a fender bender, Hannah Payne chased him down, boxed his vehicle in, then pulled out a gun. Herring was dead soon after. Sound familiar?
This hunt, then murder, is strikingly reminiscent of a 2012 killing known around the world. Trayvon Martin was similarly stalked and murdered by George Zimmerman. No wonder Payne has garnered the nickname of the “female George Zimmerman.” Because these two exemplify the problem with vigilantism.
Trayvon Martin Feb. 5, 1995 - Feb. 26, 2012
Anti-Black vigilantes feel so empowered in their righteousness, they believe they're not only above the law, but that they ARE the law. Such entitlement has led to many Black deaths, including that of Ahmaud Arbery
May 8, 1994 - Feb. 23, 2020
Anti-Black vigilantes are NOT good Samaritans. They’re on the prowl for trouble, not peace. For killers like Zimmerman, Payne, and the McMichaels pair? These Black people were problems that needed vigilante justice. Disturbing footage reveals that, just as Zimmerman hunted then killed Trayvon Martin, and Hannah Payne hunted then killed Kenneth Herring, the McMichaels father-son duo also hunted then killed Ahmaud Arbery. Which leads to this important point......
Police and Ku Klux Klansmen all have guns. Racist vigilantes do too. Whether you choose to bear arms or not, there is something these oppressors don't want you to know about Black folks and gun ownership......
And once again, Black folks are left wondering if we'll ever see true justice for such senseless murders;
Or will we have to take matters into our own hands?
George Perry Floyd
Oct. 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020
Kenneth Herring Died May 7, 2019 (62y.o.)
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Social injustices will continue to freckle our history until we learn that we have to become more than agitators. We cannot request a system of oppression that was built on the basis of cultural genocide to actually reprimand itself. Until we learn to write our own legislation into the governing books of law, then we can only expect to be looked upon as "sheep for the slaughter" who simply don't know the rules to this game.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I do not support protesting unless there is a measurable goal trying to be achieved.... Public protesting is no more than a visual irritant to an oppressive system. The only effective measures that must be taken would be to march after signing petitions which penalize actions or offer legislative suggestion that could, then, be turned into laws which will govern the future actions of those involved. In saying that, I'm merely suggesting that these same protesters seek legal guidance first. By having a bill created and signed as a petition by thousands, new laws could be written that would immediately strip rights and privileges away from anyone who kills or injures (voluntarily or involuntarily) a person while in the act of attempting to incarcerate them.
If an officer knew that there was a law that governed the aftermath of their pulling the trigger or performing a life threatening maneuver, they would be less likely to use deadly force on citizens. Rather than administrative leave with pay, strip them of their badge, demand six months of retraining and PTSD counseling before being allowed to reapply for an administrative career in police enforcement, and offer absolutely no administrative leave. By suggesting an extreme repercussion for mishandling their authority, policemen would reconsider their actions in even the most heated engagements.
The visual impact of public protests shows that - if we united our voices and actually wrote a bill / law rather than wait for the oppressor to suggest his own punishment - we have power in our collective strengths. Before this happensagain... Before we create another hashtag... And while we can still breathe. Let's just learn to play their game and add our own laws written by our own communities to the books of law that so loosely govern this country. We already outnumber them, but because we don't study the laws or know the rules of the game, then we will always irritate the system, but (in the end) do nothing to control our fate.
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