Has Anyone Else's life Been Affected by Police Brutality?

[whoaskew]

Over the past couple months, there have been many instances of police brutality and police killings being reported that have garnered national attention – Mike Brown, Andrew Scott Gaynier, Ezell Ford, Dillon Taylor, Dante Parker, Omar Abrego, Jacinto Zavala, Diana Showman, Michelle Cusseaux, Joshua Paul, Joseph Jennings, Guillermo Canas, Chris Lollie, Bryce Masters, and many, many others



I thought I should share my personal experience about how my life has been affected by Police Brutality:


While a senior at PSU, where he majored in accounting, my Dad was a victim of police brutality. He was driving home to KC for the weekend, when an 18 wheeler veered into his lane causing a wreck. The Police arrived, and saw that he was Black, so they beat him - breaking over a dozen bones and leaving him with permanent brain damage. Eventually my Dad received a settlement from the Police Department, but the money didn't erase what they did, and it surely didn't make up for all the lives that were affected in the process.

My mother was pregnant with me at the time this occurred, so I never even got a chance to develop a relationship with my Dad before the incident occurred. I remember telling my Dad I would be going to college in a small town, just like he did, and I remember him breaking down in tears begging me not to... swearing that if I went to college in a small town, someone would kill me before I made it to graduation, just like they tried to do to him. I kept that thought in the back of my mind, every day for the entire fours years that I attended Lincoln University, and especially during my junior and senior years when I commuted twice per week between Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO and Kansas City, Missouri where I worked as a Supervisor at H&R Block.

I was fortunate that despite his injuries, my father lived to see my 30th birthday. That was long enough for him to see me graduate with my bachelor's degree in business, see the birth of both of his grandsons (my sons), and later saw me graduate with my master's degree in business. My father died at 52 years old, and while it was initially thought that his death was suspicious, it was later confirmed that his death was due to the brain damage caused by a stroke.

On the day my Dad died, I made this post on the planet - http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?p=5845168 - and I am still grateful for all the support that I received during that time.


If you have any comments or experiences with police brutality, please share them below


P.S. For those that are interested, you can follow along as I make updates about this topic on my blog - http://www.asknigeljohnson.com/stop-police-brutality/

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

Black guys beat up the white guys all the time.

NO!!! I don't believe it. Lol.

[rabblerouser]

Nope. Been arrested a bunch of times, was incarcerated for a stretch, even...

But never once was the threat of police brutality imminent, not one time.

Of course, I never was violent, I never attacked a cop or acted like I was going to. I never acted annoyed, never did the 'What I do???' BS.

So...nope. no police brutality for me.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I've read about that with motorists. Hell, I may have read it in this thread; I don't remember.

Basically they pull motorists over and confiscate large sums of cash. Apparently there are some serious legal hoops to jump through get the money back that often makes it not even worth it to try.

Yep. Unlike a person who is innocent until proven guilty, your property is guilty until innocent. So if they think the $2k you have in your backpack is to buy drugs......then it is. You have to fight it and good luck ever seeing it again.

[RockChalk]

My brother is a police officer and he beats my ass in ping pong every time we play, so yes, I have been.

[Calcountry]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

Yes, my high school football team were very nearly the state champions...played the final game that season in a pro stadium against the actual State Champions

In a very large state

You can't talk to these guys about that, they have no clue. Their state championships are equivalent to our section championships.

Our HS, have to be invited to the participate in the State Championship based on tradition of the program as well as strength of schedule, etc.

How long ago did you play Pwned mower?

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

My brother is a police officer and he beats my ass in ping pong every time we play, so yes, I have been.

Brutal.