GTFO of here with that line of argument, captainseattle206. Since when does the officers not being charged, in a state with some of the most lenient use-of-force laws in the nation, result in the conclusion that the deceased, Mr. Taylor, 'was not wrongfully killed?" Since never. "You get that his brother was killed?" Oh, you get it? You get what that would be like? To be a person of color in this city? In this country? To live with the reality, the stigma and the reality, of having convicted felons in the family? To have your brother gunned down in the street by militarized police, and to have his death be deemed completely justified by the justice system of the society in which you live? I'm not saying I "get it" either, but at least have the humility to recognize that which you don't, obviously, fucking get.
Andre Taylor's statement makes sense. Why change the subject to who Taylor is? Who cares? Personal credibility isn't the point. The statement could be delivered by a dude in a Guy Fawkes mask and it wouldn't be any different.
Perhaps someone should look into Andre Taylor's background before holding him up as a paragon of justice.
A guy who enslaves and beats and pimps 16-year old girls into prostitution, using the proceeds from sex trafficking to fund his 'rap' (cough) career, who still defends his brother (Che) (arrested for beating and raping a woman, burning her with cigarettes, dealing narcotics) is all-of-a-sudden The Stranger's intermediary to the cause of social justice?
@7 the standards of 2017 are "whatever is politically convenient in the moment". That's it. He's convenient today and that's as deep as it goes. Ideological consistency simply isn't valued by many people anymore.
@10 clark123: That's my point. I never knew her personally, but Charleena Lyles, a mother of three, sister, daughter, granddaughter, friend, relative, and neighbor to Magnuson Park is needlessly dead, all to police gunfire--an escalated act of violence that could have been prevented.
Taylors history aside (is it relevant in this role?) the letter penned to city council seems pretty solid to me. Asked for a public meeting with police to have some questions answered, didn't get it. Declining to participate in city councils public hearing for fear of it becoming politicized instead of about what went wrong and the loss of their loved one.
A guy who enslaves and beats and pimps 16-year old girls into prostitution, using the proceeds from sex trafficking to fund his 'rap' (cough) career, who still defends his brother (Che) (arrested for beating and raping a woman, burning her with cigarettes, dealing narcotics) is all-of-a-sudden The Stranger's intermediary to the cause of social justice?
https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/apr/08…
Wow, the standards have slipped.
WTF is wrong with that?