What they didn’t say.
I saw a video today of a young man being confronted by the police as he tried to make a transaction at a market.
“Put your hands behind your back” they exclaimed!
He tried, but before he could they choke slammed him onto the floor.
“Put your hands behind your back,” they insisted!
He tried, but before he could three officers contorted his limbs into submission.
“Put your hands behind your fucking back,” they demanded!
He tried, but before he could they tazed him.
In a choke hold.
Face down.
With all of his limbs held together by officers and restraints.
What they didn’t say was why. What they didn’t say was please.
What they didn’t have to say was “you are under arrest for being black.”
They didn’t have to say it, but everyone knew.
