A long anticipated verdict came out in the Jason Shockley case. Again. A cop shot a black citizen on the streets of St. Louis, and he is not being held accountable. Again. There is a recording of the cop saying he is going to kill Anthony Lamar Smith in the course of arrest. Then he did just that. A gun found in the car has only the cop's DNA on it. And there is video evidence that he went up to the car after the shooting, evidently to plant a gun to exonerate himself.My heart weeps that my brothers and sisters of color have to live through yet another incident of injustice. If the races were reversed in this case, there would have been a conviction. If the races were reversed, Shockley would have been shot dead at the scene.
It is unacceptable to shoot citizens, and doubly unacceptable to shoot a disproportionate number of people of color. I stand with an for my brothers and sisters of color and pledge my ongoing support.
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