Mississippi justice. I feel sick.

A group of monsters, calling themselves the "goon squad", wearing badges, decided that black men had no business visiting a white woman. So...they broke into a house, tortured these two men, shooting one in the mouth(doing a horrible thing(besides the shooting part). They tried to cover it up, even arresting one of the victims.
These men were police officers. Their superiors and contemporaries knew what this goon squad was doing.
But we have no racial problems here...

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Longpatrol · 31-35, M

Just saw a news article stating a 12 year old black child was arrested while taking out trash behind his home. The police called it wrong place wrong time. He was in the right place at the right time, the police were in the wrong place.

Carla · 61-69, F

@Longpatrol living while black is an issue. Black people should just stop that.(extreme sarcasm).

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

@Carla Saddens me to see it. But we've known the US has been backsliding on the civil rights front for at least a decade.

Ynotisay · M

@Longpatrol This situation and that situation are two ENTIRELY different things. It's understandable how those cops made the mistake with that kid. And the second they realized he wasn't the suspect he was released with big apologies. The "Goon Squad" doesn't begin to compare.

Carla · 61-69, F

@Ynotisay it doesn't compare. But it is still a major concern. From what i read, he was released because his parents were home. What if they were not?

Ynotisay · M

@Carla My understanding is that he was released as soon as the first officer, who initially saw the real suspect, learned they had someone else (wrongly) in custody. I think it was like four minutes. The other was two hours of horrific torture. But which one is getting more coverage? That's an issue for me.

Carla · 61-69, F

@Ynotisay no doubt an issue. But the kid was recent. And a kid.

I don't understand why i didn't read about this in January, when it happened.
And i belueve these men would, had they not shot a victim, still be policing.
That is the scary thing. And if it took a man getting shot in this county, in this state... how many other horrific acts are taking place, by authorities, in other places?
I have to think waayyy too many.

Ynotisay · M

@Carla I'm hopeful those guys are a relative anomaly. But who knows. There's stuff going down in the south that I can't really relate to.
But my thinking is that there's something like 50 million police/citizen contacts a year. We hear about the very, very small percentage that go south and, in the minds of some, that paints ALL cops in the same light. I think it's a self-defeating outcome. I also think it keeps more "good" people out of the police force. I don't see that situation with that kid as being racist in nature in any way. I think it was a mistake. But the takeaway for some is 'all cops are racist.' It's not accurate, it's not fair and I think it makes the situation worse. I'd rather see the situation get better. But part of it getting better means finding the animals that would do something like "The Goon Squad" did and making a huge example out of them. I want to those guys to do long, hard time. No place for anything like in this country.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Longpatrol The Slave Patrol loves to criminalize young Black children, especially Black boys, so that they will have a criminal record in the system for the rest of their lives.

specman · 51-55, MVIP

@Longpatrol kids have been stealing cars.

https://www.motor1.com/news/420109/kids-steal-cars-crime-spree/