African American prejudice rife in US
THE DECISION by a grand jury not to prosecute the Ferguson, Missouri police officer for the death of the black teenager Michael Brown once again confirms that the US is a country where racism is still rampant.
Our evil apartheid regime even learnt much of its terminology from America, such as apartheid being watered down to “separate development”.
A white cop fires 12 shots at an unarmed black teenager at close range, and the grand jury insists that there is no prima facie case to take to a court so that a judge or jury can decide on culpability.
Yoh! Even if young Brown had made a move to attack the police officer, why could the other police officers not physically subdue and arrest him?
I wonder if the racial composition of the grand jury was balanced.
It’s a mirror image of how Rodney King was assaulted by police way back in March 1991 in Los Angeles. It has replicated many times since. Then the anger of African Americans reaches boiling point.
Unfortunately the scourge has never been seriously addressed by American society, and is still festering.
Sadly, President Barack Obama has proved to be a wimp of note by not angrily speaking out on the prejudice against African Americans.
After our parallel history of racial prejudice in South Africa, will local Africans raise their voices in support of our American cousins, and condemn yet another American travesty, or will they remain shamefully mute?