Sherilyn Ifill - Director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund - explains why cops who kill fleeing men are acquitted - depsite the law: the readiness of white people - including judges - to see Black men as a threat.
I literally woke up this morning thinking about #RayshardBrooks and abt Tennessee v Garner, the 1985 case in which the SCOTUS made clear that ofcrs cannot shoot and kill a fleeing suspect unless the suspect poses a threat to the ofcr or to others. https://t.co/hGI2jqzRjH— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 14, 2020
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