As the stories continue to pour out about police aggression, and negligent cops using excessive, deadly force, I’m forced to wonder if in some parts of this great country if we aren’t reverting back to internal conflicts between law enforcement and the community it’s tasked with protecting. More  prudently are the cops with the shields targeting the young, Black men once again? Have we reached a point, again, where the African American community must come together to reject the tyrannical approach taken to justice by some of Americans enforcement officials.

While I will never subscribe to the notion that this country has completely rid itself of the rouge, dirty cop; I’m also not going to admit that we have come a long way from the days when cops were fixing crime scenes and arresting who they want, able to plant evidence when they felt like it. No, these are not the norm anymore the situation that happened in Missouri or the one in New York City, but it sure is startling to see the shear abuse of power, and the lack of accountability being taken by those responsible.

I am disheartened any time I see someone being physically abused, but from the posts on Facebook, to the reported stories of late, it has been a rash of White cop on Black person violence and that is where I’m particularly dismayed, You see I am not nieve to the fact that there is still a culture that exists amongst law enforcement, that believes my people are guilty first and proven innocent, instead  of how the justice system is designed of innocence until guilt is proven. 

So maybe instead of rushing to assume that we re in a post racial, post prejudical society, simply because we elected the first African American President twice no less, let’s realize that we have entered the next phase in the fight for equality for the African American community. Protesting is one avenue, boycotting is another. And I frankly believe all these options should be on the table pending a just outcome to this horrible tragedy. Let’s remember the job of the police in every state is to serve and to protect.

My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the family of these victims who have died in needless, and senseless aggression from the NYPD and Missouri PD. Though this gets at the heart of the tension between the races, the truth is when any race is victimized by very group that is charged with protecting the people they are hurting.

#Justice must be served