The Fraternal Order of Police exists, in part, to defend these rights, not just for police officers, but for all citizens at every level, from the indigent living on the street to the President living in the White House. pic.twitter.com/sea0WYT4AD
— National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) (@GLFOP) October 29, 2019
— Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, LaQuan McDonald, Philando Castille, Alton Sterling, Walter Scott, Keith Lamont Scott, Terrance Crutcher, Ramarley Graham, Samuel DuBose, Stephon Clark, Botham Jean, and Atatiana Jefferson* would all like to know where the hell their “due process” was before police killed them. They ALL would have liked the opportunity to bring witnesses and cross-examine testimony, before they were summarily executed.
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*Those are just the names I could remember off the top of my head. Getting killed by the police… WITHOUT DUE PROCESS IN A COURT OF LAW, is the leading cause of death for young black men in America.
Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and a contributor at The Nation. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.