Sacramento police officers, no doubt well trained in the use of deadly force, fired twenty shots at Stephon Clark after they chased him into his grandparents’ back yard. Eight of the twenty bullets hit Clark.
If armed – and well trained – classroom teachers hit 40 percent of their shots intended for a school intruder, what or whom will the other 60 percent of the bullets hit?
Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret …
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin
In our country, Black children are required to be “trained” by Black adults how to behave when encountering police. It seems pretty obvious that a lot of police are not required to be trained how to behave when encountering Black citizens.