The list of unofficial criminal offenses that Black people can be killed for continues to grow. We can’t drive while Black (Philando Castille), jog while Black (Ahmaud Arbery), or sleep while Black (Breonna Taylor). And now, with George Floyd, we can officially add breathing while Black to that lineup of senseless violations.https://level.medium.com/breathing-while-black-george-floyd-rip-787d8ea707
A Reader investigation found ten cases since 2011 where police killed a civilian in Chicago and charged an accomplice with the murder.On July 8, 2012, as the summer sun rose over the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, police hauled a distraught 19-year-old named Tevin Louis away from a murder scene. The victim was Louis’s best friend, Marquise Sampson. The shooter was a veteran police officer, Antonio Dicarlo. For the previous five years, Louis and Sampson had been inseparable, drawn together by rough childhoods marked by foster care and poverty. In good times, Sampson made Louis laugh….