http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/pressure-mounts-over-phoenix-police-shooting-unarmed-black-man
It's all over the news out here. A black pastor was on the radio saying it's ok for blacks to run from the police because they are raised to be afraid of them. It just shows the difference in culture. Anyway with this particular case I think the police might have over reacted by killing this man.
We had a project in a section 8 housing complex one time, and there was a community "liaison" that was there to make sure that if we needed any cars moved, or day labor etc that he was the one to talk to. This was actually set up by the city, as he was the most responsible, patriarchal figure in this particular housing project. He was a decent dude, in his 60's I'd guess (hard to tell, as "black don't crack") and I would always chat with him when I was at the site checking on things.
Well, one day, we are talking and a cop drives by, and he starts going off. "Fuck tha police, aint no bigger gang than the police, bigger than tha bloods and crips", I stood there kind of shocked for a second, and he kept on. "I tell these boys round here, you see tha police, you fuckin run. You aint got no business talkin to no police". He said most of these people would have a little weed on them or something, and that they shouldn't have to go to jail for that, so he tells them to run. He said, "my daddy told me when I was young, he give me the name of two lawyers, sittem and pullem, you sit yo ass in jail and pull yo time, because you aint got no business talking to no police"
Now, this dude was in his 60's, and his dad who I am sure was probably dead was old as shit too, but this is the kind of life lesson that gets passed down through these generations. It's not all on the cops that are whipping these guys asses for running, some of it has got to be on the parents for telling their kids to haul ass when they see a cop. My parents always told me to respect authority.
