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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System | gadflyonthewallblog

The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System | gadflyonthewallblog:

The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System

Memorial for Tamir Rice, 12-year-old shot dead by Police in Cleveland
Michael Brown – no indictment.
Eric Garner – no indictment.
Sandra Bland – no indictment.
And now Tamir Rice.
How many times will our justice system refuse to charge police with killing unarmed black people?
What will it take for our courts to accept the responsibility for at least attempting to seek justice?
When will our judicial system deem the death of people of color at the hands of law enforcement to at least be worthy of a trial?
Brown had no weapon but was shot to death by law enforcement.
Garner had no weapon but was choked to death by police.
Bland had no weapon but was found hanged in her jail cell after being assaulted by police during a traffic stop.
Rice had a legal pellet gun that was not pointed at anyone yet he was shot to deathtwo seconds after police arrived.
This is not justice. This is a national travesty that continues to be played out daily. How many more human beings will be ground under the boot of a system that finds The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System | gadflyonthewallblog: