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From Clutch Magazine: They thought he was reaching for a gun. It was mistaken identity. He/she resisted arrest. Wrong place, wrong time. We've heard these excuses time and time again. Like in the case of 25- year-old Howard University student Prince C. Jones, who was shot 15 times by an undercover cop on his way to his fiancées house for no apparent reason in 2000. Or Kathryn Johnston, the 92-year-old Atlanta woman who was shot six times and killed by police officers who had maliciously entered her home without warrant in 2006. Or the 6-year-old little boy who lived just blocks away from me, whose head was grazed by a bullet after cops violently invaded a family's New Year's Eve party this past January in Philadelphia. Sadly, they're a just a few of the many black people that have been killed or hurt due to police brutality, and the recent murder of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones has once again brought this issue to the forefront – hopefully it won't be short-lived. On May 16, as Aiyana lay asleep on her living room couch, Detroit officers violently raided her home, first throwing a hand grenade into the living room and burning this innocent little girl; next, firing a shot through the window that fatally struck Aiyana in the head. Neighbors are said to have warned police that there were children in the home they were raiding (as if the toys in front didn't give them any clue), yet with camera crews filming them for reality show 'The First 48,' the officers were reportedly too "excited" and riled up to care or use appropriate caution. Thus, another innocent black life brutality take, another family left to grieve. another heartbroken community and another police department dodging accountability.
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By: snafu in 2010 on 5/25/2010 7:09AM
It's not police brutality. As I have mentioned before when police have reasonable suspicion they have every right to protect their partners and themselves from these hoodlums. You don't how many instances their have been where officers have died because they hesitated. In fact where I live two police officers almost did die because a black parole with a .357 magnum decided he didnt care anymore. So police are usually justified in their actions. None of you were there as I am sure the author of this article was not there when the incidents he mentioned happened. Instead people should be thanking police for protecting and keeping safe their communities. Especially the black people that live in "the hood." Without police intervention in these areas blacks would be screwed. So again thank cops for the job they do!
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By: Pete on 5/25/2010 9:11AM
You are a complete idiot. Yes I’m calling you exactly what you are. Police are not trying to keep communities safe and they are not protecting lives when they constantly shoot first without cause. As the article states “They thought he was reaching for a gun. It was mistaken identity. He/she resisted arrest. Wrong place, wrong time. We've heard these excuses time and time again”. If you don’t see a pattern then you are completely blind to the obvious facts surrounding these incidents.
You don’t read about people getting shot by police in the suburbs where Billy Bob & Betty Sue lives. But as soon as a person of color is killed there is always a reason behind it & it is always negative. Law enforcement officers should be held to the highest of standards when it comes to human life. No one should be in fear of their life being taken just for making a move to retrieve ones identification or for just walking the damn streets. The more I read about these incidents the more I feel that this country is becoming just like communist Russia. Where does it say a person can’t go where he/she wants without being a suspect regardless of color? If you are in a so called bad neighborhood (one where 110% is black I guess) you are considered not worthy of the benefit of doubt. You are stamped as a criminal & guilty until proven innocent. It makes no sense that even the most educated of people in this country think the police have just cause to kill a person. How many times do police have to feel their lives are about to be threatening before a change is made in their training that not all people that you stop are a threat? As a concern parent I plan to protect my home in the same manner as the police do their lives. If I haven’t called for help & you are on my property then you better have a damn good reason because as of that moment you are a threat to me & mine. Only in my case I’ll give you a chance to leave under your own power.
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By: Vickiss on 5/25/2010 10:00AM
Is it really "police" brutality? Or is it just racism and many black people are in subconscious denial about it?
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By: aouten3 on 5/25/2010 1:58PM
I always make a conscious effort to note the race of a person that has been "mistakenly" beat down or "accidentally" choked/shot to death by police. Over just the last 20 years I don't recall any of them being white.(There was a white guy beat up by some riot police in the DC area recently). I am sure a white person has been accidentally killed by police at some time in our nations history, but in every case I can think of, the "victim" is black or Latino. I know that black police officers are sometimes involved in these incidents. The institutional racism that permeates America is strong in some police departments. The notion that black people in mostly poor neighborhoods are guilty till proven innocent and their lives are less valuable is evident. Some black police officers are caught up in this culture. The "shield" is stronger than their racial identity, they are just "doing their job", they are part of a team. I wonder what would happen if an all black "mob" of police accidentally killed a white person?
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