“How did Dylan Roof shoot up a church, James Holmes shoot up a movie theater, and both live to tell about it? Why is it that the police decide some threats must be distinguished immediately, while other threats get the privilege of being defused?
“I’m asking these as questions but I feel like we know the answer. The answer is that the gun doesn’t matter as much as who’s holding the gun, because for some people black skin is the most threatening weapon of all.”
The Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of 29-year-old Blake. He survived the shooting but has reportedly been left paralyzed from the waist down.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice, claims he had a knife in his vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) Tweeted:
A presumption of guilt and dangerousness makes Black people vulnerable to unjustified violence, wrongful convictions, and unfair treatment.
https://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1299080546941837324?s=20
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