Gonna still be defending Antonio Martin even though there is video of him pulling out a gun first at the cop who was just doing his job? It's one thing to rally behind someone who may have unjustly died, but don't make this scum a martyr just because he was black and killed by a cop.
Yes, I will still defend this boy’s right not to have been murdered. Police officers are trained in numerous non-lethal ways to disarm someone, particularly if they have not been fired upon. They regularly deploy this training on white civilians, but automatically shoot-to-kill on Black and Brown lives. They also denied Martin critical medical attention that could have saved his life.
Let me repeat this one more time for the racist assholes: when I say Black Lives Matter, I don’t just mean the “good negroes” that you purport to support (lies, cause you think all black folk are beneath you, but whatevs). I mean I support ALL Black lives. The school teacher, the drug dealer, the junkie, the doctor— I want them all treated equally under the law, as defined by the US Constitution. In instances where non-lethal force is available, I expect police officers to do as trained and employ it. When a person is questionably killed by police, I expect a full, thorough, and impartial investigation. When someone fucks up, I expect them to have to account for it in a court of law. I’m not looking for martyrs— I’m demanding justice.
Please reseat yourself.
