Norman Rockwell does Ferguson, by illustrator Anthony Freda

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@navarro

my white colleagues at my school seem to believe i am greatly overstating the dangers from authorities my grandsons face in life. if i point to trayvon martin they change the subject to the 2nd amandment and the importance of the “stand your ground” principle. if i point to michael brown they want to talk about pot smoking and shoplifting. if i mention eric garner they say it could have happened to anyone who resisted

Try this one on them: John Crawford

The Answer to the Question "What Happens to a Black Man with a (toy) Rifle in an Open Carry State?"

John Crawford Shooting: Open Carry for Whites; Open Season on Blacks - The Root I didn’t hear about this until today… I guess with the Ferguson hub-bub this story got drowned out. Crawford was shopping at the Beavercreek, Ohio, Walmart on Aug. 6, and at some point, he allegedly picked up one of the air rifles sold by the retail chain. What’s known definitively is that the police were called in response to Crawford, and when they arrived, they shot him fatally. His partner, LeeCee Johnson, was…