BLACK VS WHITE: U.S. COP RACISM ON DISPLAY AGAIN

Video has emerged showing once again how totally different the policing of Africans in America is from that of their White counterparts. It shows a Black man and a White man squaring up for a fight outside a San Diego bar - before cops on bikes intervene. But the officers’ attention is entirely directed towards the Black man, whom they quickly surround and order to the ground with guns drawn, and then wrestle and handcuff. The White guy is completely ignored.

It’s unclear when the incident took place, but stats make clear that it could have been any other day in America. Three times as many Africans in America as Whites are killed by the police. To put that into perspective, there were 1,097 fatal police shootings in the US in 2022.

Over three years have passed since the killing of George Floyd but the pain and violence Black people experience at the hands of police officers hasn’t relented. Why not?