Post AlY01q3Zb4tNfLb3JI by mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
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 (DIR) Post #AlY01kwIch6RnL9fmK by mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
       2024-09-01T03:37:03Z
       
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       Wishing Ricky Pearsall a speedy recovery. He is a 49ers rookie that was robbed at gunpoint in SF. He wrestled with the robber. Both got shot. Both are recovering.Shout out to all the SF tech folk that know absolutely nothing about reducing gun violence, tweeting right-wing nonsense that ignores decades of clear evidence about the only way that's been shown to sustainably reduce gun violence.1/N
       
 (DIR) Post #AlY01lqJGRuEb3MP56 by mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
       2024-09-01T03:41:22Z
       
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       I'm too lazy to type the thread again, so TL:DR; you can't solve violent crimes if the 99% of Black folk that commit no crimes at all, (and that witness these crimes), are (rightfully!) too afraid to call the cops for any reason.Read this *whole* thread before asking me any questions about how yes, more cops make the murder rate go up.🙂🙃https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109785330115485502And no, this effect isn't just for Black folk. Any group brutalized by police acts the same.2/N
       
 (DIR) Post #AlY01mYyaNdQpaG4hc by mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
       2024-09-01T03:44:40Z
       
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       July 10 2023 - Dolores Hill Bomb (skate event where skaters "bomb" down the hill at high speed). SFPD violently arrests ~200 people, including many kids🤦🏿‍♂️Many kids were zip ties and told to sit on the curb for hours, and denied access to the restroom. Some peed themselves.July 22 2023 - Carjacking near Dolores. 2 suspects arrested. Multiple people "saw it."July 28 2023 - Charges against both dropped. "No" witnesses.🤡https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/1107498715082591833/N
       
 (DIR) Post #AlY01q3Zb4tNfLb3JI by mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
       2024-09-01T03:50:36Z
       
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       So what have we learned? We learned that you can make even a suburban white kid decide not to help the cops because they think that cops can't be trusted and are not safe, just by mistreating them in one single incident, on one day.Now imagine a Black kid 🙋🏿‍♂️ who's had hundreds of unsafe interactions with cops, since he was 12 years old.As a kid, I had that growth spurt that made me 6 ft tall, and I've been mistreated ever since. And my experience is not unique.4/N
       
 (DIR) Post #AlYzRSQOB2zh6bsesi by amerika@annihilation.social
       2024-09-01T15:20:10.528089Z
       
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       @mekkaokereke If I were Black, I wouldn't trust White (or Hispanic, or Asian) cops.Diversity is a path to failure.