In 2010, George Diego and Allan Corrales of the Los Angeles Police
Department shot and killed an unarmed black man, Steven Eugene
Washington. The case was one of several high-profile shootings that
activists protesting under the auspices of “Black Lives Matter” brought
up with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck when they met with him
in January: Washington had been walking down Vermont Avenue, minding
his own business, when Diego and Corrales drove by in their cruiser,
deemed said walking suspicious, and shot him in the head,
telling investigators that they feared his cell phone was a gun; the
phone wasn’t even in his hand, but it was dark and so was he and so the
officers were placed on desk duty instead of being fired.
The
officers did have their day in court, though – they sued, alleging
discrimination. Would a white cop who kills an unarmed black man get
stuck behind a desk or would they get a promotion and be hailed as a
hero on AM radio? A jury ruled in their favor, awarding over $4 million
to the two killer cops whose only punishment had been getting to keep
their jobs as police while facing none of the risks cops cite to
justifying killing civilians.
“God damn America.” – Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
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