[say less] “Tyre Nichols Had The Right to be Safe:” Step-and-Fetchit Coordinator Kamala Harris Makes Speech at Funeral, Performs Leadership - Doing Nothing Else for Black Voters
THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE from GOVERNMENT ABUSE? BRAZEN COPS SO FREQUENTLY ABUSE THEIR POWER THAT NO BLACK SHOPPER, PEDESTRIAN, MOTORIST, JUVENILE, ADULT OR BLACK PROFESSIONAL OF ANY KIND—COULD MAKE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT THAT SO-CALLED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS PROVIDE BLACK PEOPLE ANY REAL PROTECTION FROM COPS OR THE GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL. [MORE]
THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE FROM CRIMINALS? POLICE DON’T EXIST TO PROTECT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE -THEY EXIST TO CONTROL AND SURVEIL THEM. THE “SOCIAL CONTRACT” IS A FUCKING MYTH. it is an undisputed legal truth that police have no legal duty to protect any victim from violence from other private parties, unless the victim was in governmental custody. If there is no social contract then there is no rational basis for the belief in political authority, which is the basis for all government. Here, BW is not talking about the purpose of government or how government can be improved. Rather, “the problem OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY” is whether the government has a right to rule over people and whether people have an obligation to obey authority. What is the basis of the government’s implied right to rule over people in the first place? If there IS NO logical way to account fOR THE existence OF AUTHORITY THEN WE ARE CONFINED IN A FREE RANGE PRISON [MORE]
BLACK LEADERSHIP ONLY AS A PERFORMANCE. ONE GREAT SPEECH AFTER ANOTHER. From [HERE] Thousands of mourners on Wednesday attended the funeral of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after Memphis police officers beat him following a traffic stop last month.
Nichols’ beating shocked many in the US after being captured on camera, and triggered yet another bout of soul-searching over racism and police brutality. The five officers involved have been charged with murder and other crimes.
The Rev Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy at Nichols’ service, shared his anger that at least five Black officers were involved in the brutal beating of Nichols - so close to the location of where Dr Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.
“In the city that Dr King lost his life, not far away from that balcony, you beat a brother to death,” said Sharpton.
“All he wanted to do was get home,” said Sharpton of Nichols.
That was a heart-breaking theme echoed by Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, and other family members, whose moving tributes to their lost relative were also edged by passionate demands for action and the passage of a stalled federal law aimed at reforming the police.
“We need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way and all the other parents here that lost their children. We need to get that bill passed because if we don’t, the next child that dies, their blood is going to be on their hands,” Wells said.
His stepfather Rodney Wells similarly called for justice and action, saying: “What’s done in a dark will always come to the light, and the light of day is justice for Tyre, justice for all the families that have lost loved ones to brutality of police or anybody.”
Vice-President Kamala Harris gave brief remarks at the service, condemning those who argue that law enforcement acts to support public safety in light of police brutality incidents.
“This violent act was not in pursuit of public safety … Was Tyre Nichols not also entitled to the right to be safe?” said Harris.
“Tyre Nichols should’ve been safe.”[MORE]