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TexasTowelie

(116,493 posts) Sun Aug 7, 2022, 02:46 PM Aug 2022

Is $1 Worth of Shampoo Worth More Than The Life of a Black Man?

Black man with mental illness killed after stealing $1 worth of shampoo from store; Activists say officer’s actions are worse than the George Floyd incident caught on camera

Does a Black man’s life have less value than a $1 worth of shampoo taken from a dollar store?

Sadly, at least here in Harris County, Texas, it appears so!

The George Floyd tragic murder caught on camera completely riveted this nation.

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Brooks was killed after being chased down, beaten, and tasered for stealing roughly a dollar worth of shampoo from the store.

Activists who have heard from key sources who have seen the video, are saying that the actions of the white officer who killed Brooks is far worse than the George Floyd incident that was caught on camera and could lead to protests that are unparalleled to anything we have ever seen.

Read more: https://forwardtimes.com/is-1-worth-of-shampoo-the-life-of-a-black-man/

Original title to article: Is $1 Worth of Shampoo > The Life of a Black Man

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Is $1 Worth of Shampoo Worth More Than The Life of a Black Man? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2022 OP

Oh my God, I had not heard this story before. TY for sharing. I'm crying for him and the Ziggysmom Aug 2022 #1

I found some of the video coverage at this link: TexasTowelie Aug 2022 #2

The same police sergeant is accused of harming a suspect just a week prior! Ziggysmom Aug 2022 #3

Ziggysmom

(3,556 posts)

1. Oh my God, I had not heard this story before. TY for sharing. I'm crying for him and the

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Aug 7, 2022, 02:53 PM

Aug 2022

senseless brutality. Why can't cops let unarmed people just flee and issue a Warrant to pick them up later, instead of killing them for no good reason. They are power crazy and definitely racist; I believe that's at the bottom of these murders. I pray the family gets justice and the filthy, dirty cop ends up like Derek Chauvin!

TexasTowelie

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2. I found some of the video coverage at this link:

Reply to Ziggysmom (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 7, 2022, 02:58 PM

Aug 2022

https://abc13.com/roderick-brooks-harris-county-deputy-shooting-garrett-hardin-body-cam-video/12067628/

The last video in the article shows the most coverage of the incident.

Ziggysmom

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3. The same police sergeant is accused of harming a suspect just a week prior!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 7, 2022, 03:29 PM

Aug 2022

He stun gunned a guy on a bridge! Why was he even allowed to continue working after the 1st incident?
"HCSO policy states deputies should avoid using a taser on someone who is on an "elevated or unstable surface such as a tree, roof, ladder, ledge, balcony, porch, bridge or stair," or on someone who "could fall and suffer serious injury to the head or other area."

Before he shot Roderick Brooks, he was on top of him and Brooks was flat on his stomach. How is a suspect going to be a threat requiring you to shoot him in the head like that?

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