During colonial times there were people who sided with the colonialists to execute their white bosses’ wishes. Looking back, if everyone decided to become a traitor we would still be under British rule. You need warriors on the ground, that’s the only language these racist regimes will understand. Imagine living in a state where by virtue of being black you’re guilty until proven otherwise. No matter how educated or wealthy you are, being black is a crime in many Western countries. Blacks in America are not perfect, who is? However, it cannot be understated the horror, violence, lack of opportunities that they and their ancestors have faced.
[SIZE=6]The Senate’s Only Black Republican Opens Up About Being Mistreated by Cops
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[SIZE=4]Tim Scott of South Carolina is the only black Republican in the United States Senate. This week, moved by police killings of Eric Garner, Walter Scott, and Philando Castile, he rose to the floor to deliver a moving speech about his personal history being stopped by law-enforcement officers for what amounted to driving while black. “While I thank God that I have not endured bodily harm,” he declared, “I have felt the pressure applied by the scales of justice when they are slanted. I have felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness, and the humiliation that comes from feeling that you are being targeted for nothing more than being just yourself.”
The first time he was stopped by police, his car had a malfunctioning headlight. A cop approached, hand on his gun, and told him, “Boy, don’t you know your headlight isn’t working properly?” He felt “embarrassed, ashamed, and scared. Very scared.”
Other traffic stops followed. Skipping past many of them, he chose to focus his remarks on “a time in my life when I was an elected official,” noting that while he would not share every interaction, “please remember that in the course of one year, I’ve been stopped seven times by law-enforcement officers. Not four, not five, not six, but seven times in one year as an elected official. Was I speeding sometimes? Sure. But the vast majority of the time I was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood, or some other reason just as trivial.”
For those who don’t know, there are a few ways to identify a member of Congress or Senate.
Well, typically, when you have been here for a couple of years, the law enforcement officers get to know your face, and they just identify you by face. But, if that doesn’t happen, and you have a badge, your license that you can show them, shows you’re a senator, or this really cool pin. I oftentimes say that the House pin is larger because our egos are bigger, so we need a smaller pin.
So it’s easy to identify a U.S. senator by our pin. I recall walking into an office building just last year after being here for five years on the Capitol.
And the officer looked at me with a little attitude and said: “The pin, I know. You, I don’t. Show me your I.D.”
I will tell you, I was thinking to myself, either he thinks I’m committing a crime, impersonating a member of Congress, or — or what?
Well, I will tell you that, later that evening, I received a phone call from his supervisor apologizing for the behavior.
Mr. President, that is at least the third phone call that I have received from a supervisor or the chief of police since I have been in the Senate.[/SIZE]
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