cameranut Loc: North Carolina

My name is Laura

I am a 67 year old white American woman.
I can do, say, and be all of these things without fear (as can my family).
I stand with my black brothers and sisters.
I will not be killed.
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).
I can sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
I can go to church (#Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
I can run (#WalterScott).
I can breathe (#EricGarner).
I can live (#FreddieGray).

This is reality.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Change the first two lines to your name and your identity and share with as many people as you can.
Silence kills.

Ben Cohen (co-founder of Ben & Jerry's)

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pquiggle Loc: Monterey Bay California

Thank-you for posting this. It is what our country really needs.

dyximan

Not saying I agree or disagree but I didn't sign anything

dyximan

I'm not saying I agree or disagree but I didn't sign anything

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

It wasn't a petition. Nothing to sign.
I'm guessing he (Ben) did some research on all the names.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

So what entitles you to trash business, burn buildings, kill police and terrorize the population?

tjw47 Loc: Michigan

You forgot to mention: Go walking in Detroit Neighborhoods at night

alx Loc: NJ

You are confusing looters with protestors whose right to protest is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Looters are more akin to the capitalists of Wall St. and the White House who seize on chaos and confusion to turn a profit for their own gain.

They don't stand for justice.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

I’m guessing they didn’t.

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

There are many who would say: "You have white privilege"

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

Wow! I think you came really close to getting the point.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

Ahhh There we go. Capitalist looters and their imperialist running dogs. Isn't that how Mao put it?

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

???????? What post are you responding to?
The article I posted was sent to my email by Ben, of Ben And Jerry's ice cream.
At no time did I say I condoned trashing businesses, burning buildings, etc.
I have never felt "entitled" to do these outrageous acts.
You took an inch and turned it into ten miles!

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

To be honest, if I were black, I would fear for my life every time I stepped out of my home.
Come to think of it, the woman EMT who was shot 8 times in her home because of mistaken identity by a narcotics squad wasn't even safe IN her home.

Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

well said, but you Michael Brown should have been left out of the list. That thug was doing real life "cops and robbers" Unlike the others, he got what was coming to him