Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 24, 2024

I keep thinking about Sonya Massey and Thomas Matthew Crooks.

A white cop saw an armed white assassin about to shoot Trump and ran away.

Another white cop saw an unarmed Black woman in need in her own home and shot her in the face 3 times.

Why are white cops more afraid of Black women than armed white men? If they can think split second to run away from an armed white man, why can't they think split second to NOT kill an unarmed Black woman? This horrific injustice is unsustainable.

Show threadradioactivecatJul 24, 2024
@QasimRashid As horrid as the 2nd incident is, this is really and apples to oranges comparison - the cop at the rally was pulling himself up onto the roof - didn't have a gun in his hand, and had to let go to drop back back down. I'm certain if he had a gun in his hand he would have fired at the attempted assassin.
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 24, 2024
@radioactivecat You're certain? Facts and trends point otherwise.
Show threadradioactivecat
@QasimRashid I'm certain that there is racial bias in police killings, that was never in question. I'm also certain that your comparison, in the case of the would be assassin, was a poor one, that weakens the point
Jul 24, 2024 at 3:54pmWeb
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 24, 2024
@radioactivecat whatever makes you feel justified in white washing a clear example of racial bias back to back. You do you.
Show threadradioactivecatJul 24, 2024
@QasimRashid That is 100% not what I'm doing, and you know it - there are plenty of good examples of racial bias in policing, and officers murdering black and brown people in situations where a white person would have been taken to the station, and fed a hamburger along the way. This just isn't one of them.