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I saw this video popping like crazy on my X feed today. Seems to be another instance of a controversial arrest of a black man (here Tyreek Hill) in America and as expected, everybody picked a side. I watched the whole video, but I have to say, I'm a bit confused. A few thoughts: -The officers looked short tempered and agressive, but not at first. -Hill kept calling the officers "bro" 🙄 -Hill rolled up his tainted window while interacting with the officer 🚩 -Refused to sit down after being asked to. Said it's because he just had knee surgery, but also, played football later that day? 🤔 -The guy in the other car not showing his Driver's licence after being asked 10 times. I mean, I know there's history of police violence, even police killing citizens in the US. But in this case, there's none of that (there's been rough handling of Hill for sure, but Hill didnt show his best behavior either), so I'm really curious as to why it seems to have become such a controversial arrest? 😳
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this somehow didn't let me go, simply because it shows so little understanding about the systemic violence police represents, both as an institution, but also within the context of race. I implore you to watch these two videos b2b, i think they will be very insightful as to why your question was very, very misguided. They speak about police from a Black perspective, so they aren't necessarily looking to explain police to a white person, but you should be able to understand your blind spot regardless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyEwOxp_Iyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVyujBMnKq4
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That's a lot of time investment you're asking from me here! 3hrs of videos XD I promise I'll add it to my watchlist, dunno when that'll happen though. I'm actually writing an extensive blog post about framing of some issues as systemic issues. I would love for you to read it when I'm done! You'll probably have a lot of counter points. In regard to this specific event, I want us to be able to envision a world where a black person is disrespectful and don't follow classic law proceedures, and get roughed up during his arrest BECAUSE of that, and not because of anything else. If we can't consider that this can actually be a reality, then we're creating an environment where being black becomes a wildcard for being the biggest asshole, and I don't think that's good either.
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It's not about a black person being ‘disrespectful’ or ‘law procedures’ being followed or not. It's about the framework within which that person is being seen, treated, and understood. It's about the presumption of guilt tied to skin color and that police violence is not just a series of isolated events. You want to envision a world where rough treatment is earned because of behavior, not race—but that world cannot exist as long as blackness itself is criminalized, as long as the scales are already tipped before a word is spoken. Black people do not receive the benefit of the doubt, the chance to ‘just be,’ without carrying the weight of generations of suspicion and brutality. If you don’t see this, then you’ve already fallen into the trap of believing that the system isn’t broken, but the people being victimized by it who are. If you're serious about framing systemic issues, you have to first recognize the world as it is, not as you wish it could be.
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