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Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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The thing I found most interesting about the whole interaction is that the first thing the police say to her when they make contact is "we looked around outside and didn't find anyone". Like they're challenging her to contradict them.
That is technically true, but it omits some very relevant information, i.e. that they found a vehicle parked nearby which had very clearly been broken into. That might not have happened that evening, but they don't know that. And they don't mention it when they talk to her. They instead start by saying that the reason she called (she heard a prowler) could not be confirmed. This statement sets up the entire tone of their interaction. There's nobody for them to arrest, so now they're clearly annoyed that she's wasting their time. They start treating her like a suspect instead of a victim. They want her name, her ID. They invite themselves in without cause and start looking through her house. It escalates from there, and ends in murder. The shooting officer then outright lies about the circumstances of the shooting, saying Massey was coming at him with a pot of boiling water and threatening him. She had put the pot down in the sink and was just standing in the kitchen. See, he'd turned his body camera off and didn't realize his partner was still recording.
This was a fucking extra-judicial execution.
I had a slightly different take on this - if she had said "OK thanks guys, I feel a lot better now. See you later." it probably all wouldn't have ended in murder.
What I can't understand is why they entered the house after that interaction and the video I saw didn't show.
After that it all went downhill aggressively. The tone of her "Jesus retribution" comment was actually very soft. The cop putting his hand on his gun and his incredibly aggressive tone was mental. Pure escalation with someone who obviously has mental health issues. She was never going to get out alive. :( It reminded me of that awful video of the young lad on the hotel floor who was executed. Very upsetting to watch.
Regardless of context from the onset the dialogue was between someone in a position of power and someone who wasn't. Regardless of the reaction of the woman the cop was in the position of power. Any failing was on him and him alone. Men (yes I'm generalizing The Internet and that you are a man) need to understand this. White men (yes I'm generalizing The Internet and that you are a white man) need to understand this.
Regardless of the context this was about power. Shit needs to change.
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