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Valuable lessons were learned, but not the ones that the mother thought would be learned.
* She learned that millions of Black people haven't been "making it all up" about police mistreatment
* She learned why US Black folk almost never call the police, for any reason
* Her son learned that his own mom is not safe. Her lack of understanding of US racism makes her dangerous
* She's probably going to learn that this does not meet the definition of police misconduct
@mekkaokereke Vermont eh? One of this country’s whitest places? Her son is adopted, black, *and* has special needs? A trifecta of “oh no”. He’s fortunate not to be dead. Unfortunate to be the adoptee of someone who means well but isn’t equipped to parent that particular child. The article doesn’t mention an adoptive father, so if this is a single parenting endeavor that’s even worse.
@genxjamerican @mekkaokereke And Vermont is one of the most liberal states in the country. In the south, he'd be dead.
@farbel @mekkaokereke I put no stock in the “liberal” reputation of any state. Cops are cops everywhere, and Colorado voting for Democratic presidential candidates doesn’t make Elijah McClain any less dead.
@genxjamerican @farbel @mekkaokereke
The people of Colorado just voted to make the State legislature allocate a new $350 million to cops, with no intent to solve a particular problem, but just to give over the money.