existence of blackness will devalue this space. therefore, blackness should be prohibited from being in this space. that is what you re saying. it s by design. this was intentional. so we can point to a legacy of, like, systemic inequality. when you see this on a map like this, racism is not just, like, a feeling. it s also an institutional structure. so after more than three seasons of this show, this seems like as good a time as any to define the word racism. in my experience, most people define racism as simply hating someone based on their skin color. occasionally, i use that definition, too. i have black relatives who are racist. but every anti-racist activist and academic that i know believes that hating someone or just treating someone poorly because of their skin color, that s just prejudice. to get to racism being racist is not just prejudice. it s prejudice plus power. think of prejudice as just one cop. but racism is the entire police department that has that c
you re here. give me. okay, all right. give give it a try. right. oh, and it gets worse again ifte you re wanting to take a looken at a screen. here is another angle from ang lea cctv camera showing nicholsn battling police as the memphiss thofficers were kicking andppeae punching him, it appeared d that they were trying to get himnd cuffed while striking him over and over and over again. and again. one cop walks over, kicked them twice in the head. take a look.
give me your hands. give me your [bleep] all right. [bleep]. [bleep]. give me your hands, bro! give me your hands, bro! [bleep]! mom! sean: and it gets worse. again, view or warning. take a look at your screen. here s another angle from a cctv camera showing nichols battling police as the memphis officers were kicking and punching him. it appeared that they were trying to get him cuffed while striking him over and over and over again. again, one cop walks over and kicked him twice in the head. take a look.
pove ever seen in terms of police brutalityli and the way that that one cop kind of winds up and then goes ten , fifteen feet to land a blow, a kick a to the victim s head and then another kick . and then the other one takeses a turn. and he s obviously defenseless. ani mean, it is really i whenead i first heard the charges ofhars murder two, i said, wow, that s pretty serious this early in the game. at s prebut when you see this, t is clear that this was rick , this disregard for human life. this is this is murder to at least show ted williams. i like geraldo like lj, an awful lot of police officers.ofc and i m watching and i, i see five cops around him.
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