Racism has reared its ugly head yet again in America. This time with the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the racial targeting of Christian Cooper in New York City.
Racism
Far too often, racist white cops and racist white women have proven they have total disregard for the lives of African-Americans and particularly, African-American men. That’s why 4 white Minneapolis police officers and 1 white New York City female are all out of a job today and under investigation.
Let’s take a look at the facts:
GEORGE FLOYD
The FBI is investigating the death of George Floyd, who was killed Monday evening in Minneapolis during an arrest gone bad. A bystander captured video of white police officer Derek Chauvin pinning George Floyd to the ground and kneeling on his neck for 7 minutes as Floyd pleaded “I Can’t Breathe” (which was, ironically, the same last words of Eric Garner, who was put into an illegal chokehold and killed by New York City police in 2014). Other officers were seen in the video standing by but doing nothing to help the man who was clearly in medical distress.
George Floyd lost consciousness on the street and his body went limp. He was dead.
After a day of protests and international attention, the 4 white police officers were fired on Tuesday. Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis addressed the situation soon thereafter.
“Being black in America should not be a death sentence,” Mayor Frey said in a statement. “For five minutes, we watched a white officer press his knee into a black man’s neck. Five minutes.”
Even after paramedics were called and eventually arrived, Officer Chauvin still kept his knee on Floyd’s neck despite the man being motionless and unconscious.
It was another unnecessary death of a black man in America.
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CHRISTIAN COOPER
Christian Cooper, an African-American resident of New York City, was bird watching early Monday morning in Central Park when he encountered a woman who had unleashed her dog in an area that requires dogs to be kept on a leash. He asked the woman, Amy Cooper (no relation), to leash the dog but she refused. That’s when Christian Cooper pulled out his cell phone and recorded what happened next.
Apparently believing she was above the law, Amy Cooper became furious for being told to follow the rules and screamed at Christian Cooper that she was going to call the police — and she did.
“There’s a man, African American, he has a bicycle helmet. He is recording me and threatening me and my dog,” Amy Cooper told police on the phone. “I’m being threatened by a man in the Ramble. Please send the cops immediately!” she screamed.
Once the video went viral, Amy Cooper’s employers at Franklin Templeton opted to fire her for her race-baiting dramatic performance.
“I sincerely and humbly apologize to everyone, especially to that man, his family. It was unacceptable and I humbly and fully apologize to every who’s seen that video, everyone that’s been offended…everyone who thinks of me in a lower light and I understand why they do,” Amy Cooper said in a statement.
However, a Facebook user deciphered her “apology” in a different way:
I am sincerely and humbly apologizing only because I got caught being racist. If I was remotely sincere I would not be calling him “that man” but I really don’t care which is why although this is now a global story I never even took the time to learn his name. I don’t believe what I did was unacceptable. What IS unacceptable is that a Black man had the audacity to tell ME to follow the rules. Of course, I am concerned about people seeing me in a lower light because I have worked daily to craft the image of someone who is a decent human being and my mask fell off. It is not that I really care what I did, I just hate that the world sees me for who I truly am. It is for that VERY reason I made sure to say, “An African-American man is threatening me,” and of course my dog because nothing says send 10 police officers to my rescue like a Black man threatening a fragile White woman and her dog. I knew EXACTLY what I was doing, however, now I want the world to feel sorry for me. And since I am always allowed to be the victim, I am willing to play the part I have trained for all my life.
Sorry, Not Sorry,
A Racist Woman Who Is Only Apologizing Because I Got Caught Being Racist
Had Amy Cooper not pretended that she was being attacked by an “African-American” man, perhaps she would still have a job.
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Monday was not a good day for black men in America. The events of that day proved that the coronavirus is not the only severe threat affecting African-Americans. Monday proved it’s open season on black men.
USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE CAUGHT ON VIDEO. Minneapolis Police were nonchalant, inattentive and nonresponsive to George Floyd’s multiple pleas of “I CAN’T BREATHE!” even after he stopped movement!!! CLEARLY, FLOYD’S LIFE WAS SENSELESSLY TAKEN AWAY BY POLICE.