freddie gray

[Uponthegears]

1. There is so much truth

here.

I have tried to post about Michael Brown's murder (and that exactly what it was) and it is amazing how little support he has here on DU. What's worse is how little support there is for people like Dorian Johnson, whose entire story has been deemed "incredible" for reasons that no one would accept if he was white, and for the only two eyewitnesses to the crime to see (most of) it start to finish (the "hands up don't shoot" witnesses), but who were questioned over and over by the cops until the cops had created enough contradictions that they were able to get them to say that they weren't really sure about what their original story.

Those of us who have lived in those kind of neighborhoods, who have had lots of interactions with the police, know this is what ALWAYS happens when we get beat down or when they want to beat us down. Our stories are NEVER accepted. We have to explain every little inconsistency. Most importantly, we have to tell the story that the cops and the politicians want to hear. Otherwise, we're liars (at best) and targets (at worst).

You're right, it's genocide and not nearly enough of us are willing to say it.