Black men with legal guns can’t catch a break
Will Black people ever have the right to exercise the second amendment?
Why is it that Black people with legal guns can’t catch a break?
Over the holidays, police killed EJ Bradford,21, after a fight broke out at Riverchase Galleria Mall, near Birmingham, Alabama.
The Hoover Police Department initially said they shot a suspect connected to the shooting, when in fact it was an innocent bystander who was licensed to carry a weapon.
The department went from saying the officer who shot EJ Bradford was heroic to basically blaming the victim saying: “We can say with certainty Mr. Bradford brandished a gun during the seconds following the gunshots, which instantly heightened the sense of threat to approaching police officers responding to the chaotic scene.” Learn more about gun handling by reading this glock 19 gen 5 safety use guide.
The same incident happened to Jemel Roberson,26, a brave security guard in Robbins Illinois, who responded to a call about shots fired. When Roberson apprehended the victim and pinned him down, witnesses say police showed up and shot him despite them screaming that he was a security guard.
Since the shooting, protestors have shown up, shutting down the streets and highway near the Riverchase Galleria Mall. His family says police have yet to reach out to them and they’ve hired lawyer, Benjamin Crump.
In Illinois, Jemel Roberson’s mother, Beatrice Roberson, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officer who shot her son and the village where it took happened.
The NRA has yet to comment about the incident.
