Rodney Reese — an 18-year old black man — was arrested for walking in the street during the
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, last week. He had just finished his shift at Walmart. He was walking home — with groceries in hand. He didn’t make it. He spent the night in jail. More on
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usually on victim side on this, but he was in no way trying to cooperate or de-escalate the decision. he thought he could talk to them any way he chose instead of just telling them his address and asking them to follow them to his house
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Sadly, if it had been a white guy that got arrested because he fit the description of another white guy, racism wouldn't be an issue.
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That’s bs. There’s nothing in that video where the officers clearly communicated that he was suspected of committing a crime. It should have never gone as far as it did. They should have left him alone.
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Walking while black....I’m so sick of how law enforcement treats citizens; especially African Americans. This has got to stop. And even though the ridiculous charges have been dropped, he needs to be compensated for his time in jail.
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His family needs to get an Atty ASAP and sue. This is the problem in AmeriKK, the kid was walking home freezing, same route. The two officers couldn’t discern white from wrong? Protest are fruitless, hit them 💰💰💰
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Is there an established Venmo or Go Fund Me set up? What makes this even more troubling is that this happening to an essential working amidst emergency conditions... heartbreaking.
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The police already have him in their database which is a key feature in how they monitor, hunt, and enslave black men and women for our revamped plantations known as the prison industrial complex 👍🏿
He was just prey. The police formed in America this way they remain this way.
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Any of y’all in this situation would have kept walking .. why stop if you have done nothing .. and to top it off .. it’s fuckin cold .. and he getting off work .. and he’s walking to his home .. he is allowed to walk home .. this the same thing that happened to Elijah
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That’s messed up, I hope someone gifts him a car so 1. He can be warm and get stuff to his family safely 2. Hopefully none of this nonsense happens again