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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
the same ignorance is the well-spring but in one case isn't it "this kid might SHOOT ME!" and in the other "a kid like that is likely to be carrying dope and getting him off the streets is going to make everyone safer?"
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Not really, no. In both cases, it's fear that the Black man (or boy) is violent and means to do us harm. The only difference is that in the suburbs of St. Louis you need a badge to kill a Black youth and in Florida it's just open season.
