Seen as a Threat

An excerpt from the LA Times -

The killing of Jordan Edwards shows again how black males — even children — are viewed as a threat
By Kurtis Lee

As the death reignited a national conversation about race and the police, it’s also elevated what’s viewed as a well-understood fact in many African American communities: When you’re black — even if you’re a child — you can be viewed as a threat to police.

“These are trained professionals, who are supposed to make rational decisions, but they’re not,” said Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney and former president of the National Bar Assn., a network of black lawyers and judges. “And yet again our children — I repeat, children — are paying the ultimate price.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jordan-edwards-20170506-story.html