(NNPA)—It appears that the law enforcement officers of America have declared open season on African Americans, both male and female. “Open Season” occurs in the hunting world when one is free to kill a particular species at “anytime” as opposed to “regulated hunting,” which provides certain times and seasons of hunting of specific species.
Seasonal hunting requires permits and it appears that the police badge has become a permanent hunting permit. The shooting of African American males, in particular, continues in spite of the fact that the number of such shootings in recent months and years have clearly shown deadly force was not necessary. The facts surrounding these shootings suggest that the “to protect and serve” slogan found on patrol cars no longer applies to the communities supposedly being served, but now only apply to the police themselves.
If African Americans and Blacks had animal rights, there would be serious penalties for shooting “out of season.” Clearly, we are no longer considered human beings. The frequency and the conditions under which “unarmed” Black men are being shot suggest that maybe police training manuals have included language from the March 7, 1857, U. S. Supreme Court Decision in the Dred Scott case which held that in a “free” state where slavery was outlawed, a Black man was not entitled to his freedom and that an African American could never be a citizen of the United States. The translation has been “A Black man has no rights that a White man is bound to respect.”
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