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SHALL_NOT 10 points ago +10 / -0

Gotta love a cyclical, self-fulfilling prophecy.

[black person gets pulled over]

“They are going to kill me because I’m black like they did those other people, I need to fight for my life!”

[fights for life, gets killed]

“Oh mah gawd, dey keelt dat boy! Dey out hea keelin erryone! You get pullt ova dey gon keel yoo!”

[news posts prom picture looking nice, nobody sees the dozen mugshots or the mile long rap sheet that started with assaulting a teacher at 13 years old]

“Wow the police obviously did this because he’s black, there’s no other reason!”

[shows video of him chasing police with a knife]

“Ok well I guess he wasn’t totally innocent, but they didn’t have to shoot him so many times like that. They would have just gently shot him in the leg if he was white. He’s still only dead because he’s black!”

[black person gets pulled over]

“They are going to kill me because I’m black like they did those other people, I need to fight for my life!”