Just to summarize: the “air freshener” “law” is an excuse, it was written to give cops a legally justified “reason” to racially profile black people. I can guarantee you that if you look at the number of people who have been pulled over for “air freshener violations,” it will be overwhelmingly, disproportionately black people. So let’s dispense with that bs “argument,” okay? It’s a slicker version of stop-and-frisk.
And why on earth was Potter training anyone if she couldn’t even tell the difference between a gun and a taser after 25 years on the job? Okay, and just for the assholes (aka racism deniers) out there who will still cling to the lie that she made a “mistake” because she was under stress, can you imagine trying that same excuse on a Top Chef tv show? “Hi, judges, I’ve been a master chef for 25 years, but when you guys said we need to cook our best steak dinner, I got nervous and grabbed the chicken breasts. Oopsies.” It’s like a firefighter who doesn’t know the difference between a water hose and a can of gasoline. I’m tired of these flimsy excuses from the police. Cops constantly train with their guns, presumably they have to re-qualify on a regular basis, they put their guns on and take them off every day, they’re around other officers with guns all day every day, DO NOT TRY TO TELL ME THAT COPS DON’T KNOW WHAT A FUCKING GUN LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE. I’m exhausted with the, “cop mistook a phone/empty hands/other common object for a weapon” bullshit. Can we all just admit that is a fucking lie? And to answer my own question, Potter was “training” other cops how to be racist cops. Periodt. You don’t need competence to go out and racially harass black folks. That’s why her boss was backing her up.
If you’re white (or not black), please stop equivocating. Stop constantly making up excuses for obvious racists. It is and was a case of racism.
Lastly, I’m sick of the white euphemism, “officer involved shooting.” What kind of bullshit is that? Just call it murder. Or at the very least, manslaughter. If I “accidentally” shot someone, you better believe the police would immediately come and arrest my black ass. And news outlets wouldn’t be calling it “an Odin involved shooting,” they would say I fucking shot somebody. It’s called accountability. Funny how the passive voice is most often reserved for cops and white people.
Jesus I’m tired of this shit.
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