" The Hood doesn't need martial law nor vigilantism but it does need to make allies in law enforcement and prosecutor's offices and promote recognition that law abiding Blacks are often the only keepers of the peace in unruly areas since police can't be everywhere. "
The ( MMA worthy ) beat down a now-fired Seattle bus driver administered to a thug who spat in his face serves pugilistic notice that the Hood is a dangerous, disrespectful place!
Look at the footage and judge for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sayg2Uf0U1Q
*Please note the thug in question kept saying, " Kill yourself! " as the driver told him to leave the bus.
Law abiding Black folks face verbal ( and physical! ) abuse from youth I've called in the past, " Chocolate Klansmen. "
I was reminded of another viral incident, where a former manager in a thug-ridden, downtown Atlanta mall tased a violently disruptive woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DrzCVAJtDw
The same Black community which fills the streets over police brutality doesn't march against this violent, vulgar mindset literally killing the Hood daily!
I've shared similar unpleasant circumstances more times than I can count and know too well the Catch 22 law abiding Blacks face:
If we use force to quell this element, police will often arrest us, sometimes along with the trouble maker, sometimes not.
A close friend and fellow anti crime activist was arrested in New Orleans for fighting a drug dealer who refused to stop selling in front of his restaurant; threatened his life and had drugs on his person while violating probation???
The Hood doesn't need martial law nor vigilantism but it does need to make allies in law enforcement and prosecutor's offices and promote recognition that law abiding Blacks are often the only keepers of the peace in unruly areas since police can't be everywhere.
In both these video taped instances, neither man initiated the assault but both, the mall manager later on, lost their jobs because they fought back against thugs in their vicinity.
Equal application of self defense law is one the high hurdles of insuring color blind public safety.
Should law abiding Blacks passively endure assault, despite state laws which theoretically state they have a right to defend themselves... or does that apply only to other citizens.
Waiting in the wings to this question's answer is not only a safer, more self-secured Hood, but also a Heartland less imperiled by thugs exporting inner city violence and vulgarity!
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