SCOMA: Black men have legitimate reason to run from police

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Black men running from police have a legitimate reason to do so, a supreme court in the US has ruled.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled threw out the 2011 gun conviction of Jimmy Warren after ruling police did not have a legitimate reason to stop him and the fact he ran away should not be used against him.

In doing so, the court cited police data and a 2014 report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which found black men were disproportionately likely to be stopped by police in Boston

Mr Warren was later arrested and searched. Officers found nothing illegal on him but recovered an unlicensed gun in a nearby backgarden.

He was later charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm and convicted,

But the court has now quashed the conviction, saying the description of the break-in suspects’ clothing was too “vague” to justify targeting any black man with dark clothing.

It ruled that even if someone flees it does not necessarily mean they are guilty.

The court said: "We do not eliminate flight as a factor in the reasonable su ion analysis whenever a black male is the subject of an investigatory stop.

“However, in such cir stances, flight is not necessarily probative of a suspect's state of mind or consciousness of guilt.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7322151.html

But cops will shoot you dead, anyway. Then "Lie and Deny" about it, walk away, maybe with 30 days paid vacation.

Blacks don't want anything to do with cops, is why innocent 15-year old girls try to ride away on their bikes, but get cuffed and pepper sprayed, "for their own protection and health".