Patrick Humphrey
Apr. 14th, 2012 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljgeoffPatrick Humphrey was shot and killed by police on Jan 31, 2012. Here are some quotes from an article at afro.com
"He was shot by local police who had been called to assist emergency medical personnel attacked during efforts to control him.
“His mother called 911 to get help with her son. She did not call for anyone to come and kill her son,” said the Rev. Kenny Glasgow, a pastor in Dothan, and the brother of Rev. Al Sharpton, said, according to BlackAmericaWeb.com. “Patrick Humphrey did not have to die."
“When the police came, they didn’t try to use any other method for restraining him or stopping him,” (Humphrey's sister) said."
At some point, working class people will stop calling on the police for help. I think that the shift of perception is already significant. It is certainly significant from the perspective of the police. When innocent working class people start seeing the police as much as the enemy as the police currently see all working class people as the enemy -- well, I just don't know. I know I won't want to be living in a city.
"He was shot by local police who had been called to assist emergency medical personnel attacked during efforts to control him.
“His mother called 911 to get help with her son. She did not call for anyone to come and kill her son,” said the Rev. Kenny Glasgow, a pastor in Dothan, and the brother of Rev. Al Sharpton, said, according to BlackAmericaWeb.com. “Patrick Humphrey did not have to die."
“When the police came, they didn’t try to use any other method for restraining him or stopping him,” (Humphrey's sister) said."
At some point, working class people will stop calling on the police for help. I think that the shift of perception is already significant. It is certainly significant from the perspective of the police. When innocent working class people start seeing the police as much as the enemy as the police currently see all working class people as the enemy -- well, I just don't know. I know I won't want to be living in a city.