Black People Are Shot First, Given Due Process Later (Maybe)

Black People Are Shot First, Given Due Process Later (Maybe)

‘From what we can tell at this point, Mike Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old teenager shot dead by police in Ferguson, Missouri, did nothing to justify his fatal shooting. In fact, we aren’t sure exactly why police confronted Brown to begin with. According to recent reports, he wasn’t given due process.
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Black people in America know the rules of police engagement: guilty until proven innocent. AlterNet previously reported that police kill a black man in the U.S. every 28 hours. If we were to factor in black women, the disparity would likely be even more glaring.’
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