[Content Note: White supremacy; violence; victim-blaming.]
"In the aftermath of these racially charged killings there's a predictable pattern of putting victims on trial in the media, in district attorney's offices, and in the court of public opinion. ...The efforts to blame the Eric Garners and Tamir Rices is not just about exonerating the police but pathologising blacks so white America can preserve its racial fantasies. Ultimately, it is about absolving the fundamental inequality of how black people are perceived and treated in America."—Stacey Patton and David J. Leonard in a must-read piece, "Why Eric Garner was blamed for dying."
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