PHOENIX — The facts surrounding Rumain Brisbon's death — the ones that could be agreed upon as of Wednesday evening — follow a narrative familiar to a nation still reeling from the racially charged police incidents in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and elsewhere.
In Phoenix on Tuesday evening, a white police officer who was feeling threatened used lethal force on an unarmed black man. The incident left the officer unharmed and Brisbon, 34, dead with two bullet wounds in his torso at a north Phoenix apartment complex.
Phoenix police quickly released a detailed account of the killing for the media on Wednesday morning in what officials said was an effort to promote transparency, especially in light of the unrest that has played out in Ferguson and New York City following the deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of White officers. But portions of that account have already been challenged by some witnesses and community activists who say that the officer's use of force was excessive and that Brisbon's death was unwarranted.
Shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, officers were in the area of Interstate 17 and Greenway Road for a burglary investigation when a resident of an apartment complex told them that men inside a black Cadillac SUV were engaged in a drug deal, said Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman.
I honestly don't even know what to say anymore. I'll wait for more facts but I can see where this goes already. They're going to look into the black guys background and try to push that he was just a dangerous thug who attacked the officer. The more I educate myself on race relations in the US and every where else in the world the more i cant sad about the 2 completely different realities minorities have to white people.
I don't understand the white privilege thing. First how am I privileged if there's not even any minorities where I live? Second if I were privileged what would you want me to do about it? I'll need to read this police report first.
This has been going on for so long. Due to social media we get to hear about it more often then when it used to be swept under the rug. Until some kind of change in policy happens it will most likely keep happening.
I don't understand the white privilege thing. First how am I privileged if there's not even any minorities where I live? Second if I were privileged what would you want me to do about it? I'll need to read this police report first.
Goosey is Canadian. He doesn't know how black people in the USA feel.
They don't have this mess where he lives. But he's got a lot to learn about the USA tbh.
