Long, a 21-year-old man named Aaron Robert, was arrested in Woodstock, Ga., After being reported to authorities by his parents. He was charged with aggravated assault on one count and murder on four counts, for which he had no bond. Long was interviewed by the FBI and the Atlanta police, and then taken to the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center. It was revealed that Long had intentions to commit more crimes in Florida the following day. The authorities apprehended him approximately 150 miles south of Atlanta, where he had killed eight people, including six Asian women, in spas in the Atlanta area on March 21st.
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He had them killed because they were black.
When police caught Roof in Shelby, C., Nearly 250 miles from Mother Emanuel, he was armed with a Glock .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol, a handgun he was given something to eat while in police custody. Roof was found guilty of 33 counts of federal hate crimes and attempted murder of three church members who survived the attack, and he was also given the privilege of an FBI interview.
According to NPR, Roof informed FBI agents that “Caucasian individuals are already the second-class citizens” and that he committed the murder of the Black church members at Mother Emanuel because “no one else was courageous enough” and he felt compelled to do so.
Sandra Bland, who was imprisoned in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, did not receive the advantage of a burger. Similarly, Walter Scott in North Charleston, S.C., Stephon Clark in Sacramento, Calif., And Laquan McDonald in Chicago were not shot in the rear, unlike Roof who experienced this when pulled over by the police. African Americans who came into contact with law enforcement did not receive equal treatment as he did.
In Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin placed his knee on George Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes. In New York, law enforcement applied a chokehold on Eric Garner. In Baltimore, police harmed Freddie Gray unlike the officers who apprehended Robert Long in Georgia, where he had a 9 mm firearm in his custody.
Denied the opportunity to have a rough day, Wright tragically lost his life following a traffic stop due to expired license plates and dangling air fresheners. However, it is important to note that Wright’s actions did not result in the deaths of eight individuals, including six Asian women, as Long did in Georgia, nor did he cause the deaths of nine Black individuals like Roof did in South Carolina. Wright was accused of possessing expired license plates and having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror when he was pulled over in Brooklyn Center, Minn., On April 11, just minutes away from the trial for the murder of George Floyd.
Instead of firing four shots at her, couldn’t the officer have apprehended the young 16-year-old Black girl by tackling her to the ground? Bryant’s lifeless body was lying on the ground. The police officer discharged rounds at her while she was wielding a knife, as seen in the body camera footage showing Bryant lunging towards someone. Officers were summoned to a residence during a disagreement on April 20 in Columbus, Ohio, and more than a week later, Ma’Khia Bryant lost her life following an altercation with the police.
Recently, Sunny Hostin noted the disparity in how African Americans are treated compared to whites during encounters with the police.
“It goes from zero to execution very, very quickly when there is a Black or brown person involved,” Hostin said.
Protesters from various states gathered in Illinois to demonstrate against the attack. The teenage boy, who was armed with an AR-15 rifle-style weapon, was driven to Illinois by his mother. He was later shot seven times by the police, on behalf of Jacob Blake, during a Black Lives Matter protest. Hostin mentioned Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old white boy who killed two protesters and shot others.
Hostin noted, “He was in possession of an assault weapon.” The video demonstrates that the police provided him with water and expressed gratitude for his presence. Additionally, he managed to depart from the location after the shooting occurred.
They were apprehended without any trouble. Unarmed African Americans aren’t afforded the same respect. Dylann Roof was armed. Robert Long was armed. Kyle Rittenhouse was armed.
In her op-ed for The Crisis, Northwestern law professor Sheila Bedi pointed out that in the 1989 Supreme Court case Graham v. Connor, the court established a standard for the use of force that has often been referred to as a loophole for officers who cause fatalities.
The amount of force required in a specific situation is rapidly and uncertainly evolving, creating a tense environment where police officers are often compelled to make split-second judgments… The use of a particular type of force must be evaluated from the perspective of a reasonable officer at the scene, rather than with the benefit of hindsight’s perfect vision.
Therefore, what is the reason behind law enforcement officers perceiving an African American individual who is not carrying any weapons as more menacing compared to a Caucasian individual who is armed and has just committed a murder?
“They harassed, individuals with mental illness are Caucasian individuals who participate in acts of hatred, as Bedi clarified in an email conversation, attributing the actions of white individuals solely to themselves is considered a privilege associated with being white.”
Privileges that some individuals possess, while others, particularly individuals of brown and black ethnicity, do not have access to. It is an act of violence that we participate in when we engage in a situation where our actions reflect a lack of awareness. There are individuals within our society, particularly youth who are involved in dangerous gangs, that exploit the public’s interest and consume their attention. This narrative has been allowed to persist, highlighting the existence of these dangerous gangs and so on.
Bedi continued, “That remains accurate even when Caucasians are accountable for dreadful brutality.” “I also believe that law enforcement is fundamentally about safeguarding whiteness and pursuing/constraining Blackness.”
Bedi highlighted in her article that despite Derek Chauvin’s conviction, due to the Supreme Court’s position on law enforcement, it is likely that another incident similar to George Floyd’s will occur.