Deontay Kyle
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but it did take for a man to get his neck kneeled on for nine minutes publicly for people to give a fuck when these things, when that is America, that is American policing as it pertains to black people.
Since there has been American police, American police system that is slave catcher since there has been chattel slavery.
Aaron Good gets murdered by ICE, shot point blank in the face.
This is a tragedy.
This is also something that is justifiably something to be angry about.
But it's also a consequence of inaction by white people when state violence doesn't affect them.
Because this is, in this era, Trayvon Martin, in this era, Mike Brown, in this era, Sandra Bland, in this era, Eric Gardner, in this era, Philanthro Castile, in this era, countless, countless, countless black women, black men, black children, Tamir Rice, black children, the young autistic boy out there in Denver, Colorado,
Time and time again, Ahmaud Arbery.
Time and time again, this is the reality of black people in America when we are subject to state violence and met with silence from every other group.
It almost has to be the most atrocious, audacious act
act committed against us, and it has to get captured on film for somebody to give a fuck.
Ice murdered Keith Porter on New Year's Day.
It was silence.
I just found out about this.
You understand what I'm saying?
It doesn't make headlines if it's not recorded.
It doesn't make headlines.
You know, you can't deny the Aaron Good situation.
And again, it's a tragedy.