*Jesse Williams used his Twitter on Monday to vent his frustration over “justify-anything” Americans who excuse police shootings.
The recent videotaped deaths of Eric Harris, who was shot by reserve sheriff’s deputy Robert Bates in Tulsa, Oklahoma as he lay on the ground; and Walter Scott, who was killed by then-police officer Michael T. Slager in Charleston, South Carolina as he was running away, mark the latest fatal shootings of unarmed black Americans to draw national attention.
The “Grey’s Anatomy” star is fed up with hearing alleged perpetrators constantly use excuses to justify the killing of black people.
“Kindly provide a list of offenses that are punishable by violence & public execution at the hands of men uniformed by gov’t &/or whiteness. …We will [not] wait,” he tweeted.
Read his full explosion below:
ATTN: all of you justify-anything “patriots” who reflexively spout excuses great & small for ANY & ALL violent death of Black/African people
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
Kindly provide a list of offenses that are punishable by violence & public execution at the hands of men uniformed by gov’t &/or whiteness.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
3) We will [not] wait.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
4) You will not answer. You never do.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
5) We’ve been taking voracious notes and are well acquainted with the list you won’t show us.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
6) Despite centuries of changing variables & compounding offenses, your every [in]action reveals a list holding only two words: BE BLACK
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
You know what’s worse than living under constant siege by inane, anti-intellectual, contortionist sloganeering & policy? Being KILLED by it.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
8) You never demand “balance” or “all sides” represented when vilifying blackness before, during or after killing those wearing it.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
9) But how dare we say “Stop, you’re hurting me.” Without also showering our assailant w/ high praise.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
10) Keep TELLING us what America stands for, while we WATCH her fall for it.
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
11) America stands for exactly what Americans will stand for. History doesn’t write itself, it must be lived and practiced. #Try
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 13, 2015
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