• Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Oh he’s black.

    I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why police would arrest a band director for playing music at a game. But it’s Alabama and his skin is the “wrong” color. Got it.

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    That escalated for absolutely no reason. Let the kids finish their song. The teacher gave his answer. That should have been enough for the officers. No wonder people hate the police.

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    1 year ago

    Again, video evidence that police consider “disrespecting” an officer to be an arrestable offense that also justifies “less lethal” force

    • breathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.world
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      Birmingham, Alabama. Smack in the heart of the American South. This was a Confederate state during the civil war, and one of the states that resisted racial integration. Also a state that plays a huge role in the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr., and has a deeply rooted history of racial tension.

      This is why the comments concerning the race of the cops vs. the race of the band director.

      Just a little more insight for those not familiar with regional US history.