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...sighs..here we all are again, another black person's life has been cut short @ the hands of an officer.
Here's what yall need to know about the events that led up to the death of Charleena Lyles (30):
Brief thoughts: ...sighs... I honestly think @ this point, these shootings keep happening over and over and they're happening almost back to back, and I think I'm becoming desensitized to it, which is of course a big problem. It's almost normal @ this point and we know the script of what's going to happen next. People will mull over if charges should be brought against the officers, more than likely there won't be charges, and in the off chance that there are, there won't be a conviction. We ride this rollercoaster of insanity more often than any person should have to and it's no wonder that people are becoming more and more desensitized to the news when shootings like these happen. The whole entire situation bothers me, but something that I've noticed and have been disgusted by in a few of these shootings is why officers are shooting where there are kids nearby. They would raise hell if somebody fired a weapon in the vicinity of their children, so why isn't it the same for another person's child? This is a problem I had in the shooting of Philando Castile, where his girlfriend's daughter was catty corner to where he was sitting when he was shot. Another thing that disturbs me is if you know she has mental issues, if you know she is a "safety risk," then why aren't yall arming yourselves accordingly? Who's lying in terms of the taser situation? Is the police department lying saying the officers had them on their persons or are the officers lying? Either way, somebody is spewing some bullshit. This shooting is personal to me, not just because I'm a black person living in "America," but because I am a person who has mental illness. I believe I've stated this a few times on my blog, but here it is again! I have generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, and chronic depression. It's terrifying to know that she was murdered because she had a mental illness and reacted to a situation purely based on the fact that she wasn't in her right frame of mind. We all know it's not "normal" to confront officers with 2 knives, no person in their "right" mind does that. So, I just don't understand why if they know this person suffers from mental illness, why wasn't the situation handled accordingly. Granted, I don't have mental illness to her level, but it's still terrifying to think that officers not only don't give a shit if you're black, but they also could give a shit if you suffer from mental illness. I think this shooting frightened me more because it made me think what if I have an encounter with an officer and I become so terrified that I spiral into an anxiety attack, something that comes on suddenly, and something I have no control over once it starts. In the midst of an anxiety attack, I don't have the ability to formulate sentences, I can barely breathe, I get really hot and start to sweat, I'm in full on panic mode, what if an officer takes my reactions to my anxiety disorder as a "threat" even though @ that point, I'm more of a threat to myself than anybody else. I think it just made me realize, even though I've been known this, that my life doesn't matter as a black woman, but also as a person who has mental health issues. ALSO, there was so much outrage about the congressman who was shot, where's all the outrage for her?? An attack on 1 is an attack on all right? Unless you're BLACK. #sayhername #blacklivesmatter
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