We have to remember there was written laws (The Virginia Slave Code of 1680, South Carolina Negro Act of 1740, Massachusetts Law of 1708, Louisiana Territorial Code Noir of 1806, etc) that explicitly stated that BLACK PEOPLE could not defend themselves against white aggressors under any circumstance. The spirit of those laws exist today, this is the REAL reason today's white supremacists are saying self defense laws don't apply to Karmelo Anthony
While discussing who is "more white" #handsometruth and #Jakelong have a heated discussion.
In an attempt to silence HT, Jake long asks "have you ever stabbed a n****r in the throat in the showers in prison? Then stfu ".
They look at us like big game hunting wall trophies.
This is Rep. Yvette Clarke (who is JAMAICAN btw) of the Congressional Butter Biscuit Caucus, basically saying Foundational Black Americans who built this country and descended from American slavery, should be ignored, and the focus should be on IMMIGRANTS.
The CBC is a JOKE
🚨 Shoutout to everyone donating to Joshua Fox — the Black disabled veteran who stood up to the white supremacist coward Chuddar Bob who attempted to take his life during a failed AMBUSH.
While racists are raising over $100K to defend a would-be murderer, real people are showing up for the actual victim.
Joshua Fox is a disabled Army veteran with PTSD who did nothing wrong.
This is what real community looks like.
Keep supporting him. Chud belongs in a cage. 👏🏽
Anyone that attempts to create a race war in America should be charged with treason. Black and White people. We have been doing this for too long and it’s time for us to accept we are stuck with each other.
One is almost 30 with a long criminal history of selling drugs and harassing people, the other is a child who was defending himself from great bodily harm from a couple of known bullies.
We not doing this today.
THEY ARRESTED HIM. AND KILLED HIM. 🐷🐷🐷🚔🚨🚨🚨
THE DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY
Baltimore, Maryland — April 19, 2015
Freddie Gray was 25 years old.
On April 12, 2015, in West Baltimore, officers pursued him after what they later described as “making eye contact” and running.
They caught him.
They arrested him.
They said he had an illegal switchblade.
Prosecutors would later argue that knife was legal under Maryland law.
Witnesses watched as Freddie Gray was placed into a police transport van.
They filmed him.
Screaming.
In pain.
Inside that van, he was handcuffed.
Shackled.
But not seatbelted.
That was a violation of department policy.
For 45 minutes, the van made multiple stops.
At some point during that ride, something happened.
By the time the van reached the Western District station, Freddie Gray was no longer speaking.
He was unconscious.
Drooling.
Unable to breathe.
Doctors later found he had suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury — a “high-energy” injury to his neck and spine, similar to what is seen in shallow-water diving accidents.
His death was ruled a homicide.
Freddie Gray died on April 19, 2015.
A week after his arrest.
Six officers were charged — including charges as serious as second-degree “depraved-heart” murder.
Three were acquitted.
One trial ended in a mistrial.
In July 2016, all remaining charges were dropped.
No one was convicted.
The City of Baltimore reached a $6.4 million settlement with his family.
But outside the courtroom, the city was already erupting.
After his funeral on April 27, protests spread across Baltimore.
Anger.
Grief.
Demand for accountability.
The unrest led to a state of emergency and the deployment of the National Guard.
Years later, the questions never fully settled.
Federal investigators declined to bring civil rights charges, citing insufficient evidence of a willful violation.
Reforms followed — body cameras, federal oversight — but many say the deeper issues never changed.
Freddie Gray was 25.
A man taken into custody.
A man who entered a van alive.
And a week later, he was gone.
#FreddieGray
#Baltimore
#Maryland
#BaltimoreMaryland
#PoliceCustodyDeath
#JusticeForFreddieGray
#NeverForgotten