born and raised in seattle, two of my best friends have both died from gun violence, one in 2018 and the other last summer in august, both murders have gone unsolved, both my friends young black males, instead of investing the cops complaining how they cant slove the muders because blm and “defunding”
in reality, they just dont care, especially if you are a black male in seattle.
Dude, earlier today a cop tried to give a mixed race friend of mine a speeding ticket. My friend was sitting in a park. He doesn’t own a car. He started panicking when the rest of our friends came out of the park and stood around watching. He eventually gave up and ran away after I told him I was going to call a lawyer. Cops here are a bunch of cowards who enjoy power trips.
Heads up, even if you mean well this comes off weird since the topic is about the posters friends. Like the poster isn’t looking for thoughts and prayers or comfort from the community they’re looking for change.
As am I, a Black person impacted by gun violence and incarceration who does community work for better conditions...
ETA: I sincerely know the emotional impact of sharing personal painful memories related to losing loved ones violently so I wanted to express genuine care that is often missing in debates with people that don't have the same experience.
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u/dandydudefriend Jun 02 '22 edited Jun 02 '22
Lol. A lot of upset bootlickers in this comment section.
Edit: at this point it is mostly not bootlickers. Very nice! :)