This is not a new phenomenon; this has been the practice since the good ol' days of slavery. If there's a suspect to be found and a black man is around, you can bet your last dollar that he'll be the one arrested...if he's lucky.
No, this is not new, but this is 2014, and we have had enough!
It was 10:45 p.m., after a recent Raiders game. Veteran firefighter Keith Jones and his two sons, ages 9 and 12, were walking back to their SUV at Station 29. A fire crew responding to an emergency had forgotten to close the garage door. Jones went in to make sure everything was secure.http://crooksandliars.com/...
What happened next is the stuff of nightmares...especially after Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Kajieme Powell.
Mr. Jones and his two sons were instructed to put their hands in the air and "Don't move!" while the officer went down in a "shooting stance."
Jones said he told the officer that he was an Oakland firefighter, that he worked at the station and that they were his kids. He asked the officer to allow his kids to lower their hands and tell them everything is OK. Jones said the officer told them to keep their hands up and not to move.It took some time before the man was able to convince the cop to accept his identification.
That firefighter, citizen of the United States, taxpayer, father of young sons, was just a hair's breadth away from being shot. And here's the kicker, the cop involved? He was wearing body cam.