In Charles Burnett’s ever-relevant cop movie, unfortunately buried by Harvey Weinstein, a corrupt and abusive system is put on display
As a Black man living in America, these past few weeks haven’t been good.
The African-American community has once again had to endure images of Black men and women being terrorized and/or tragically killed by the police. There’s Daunte Wright getting gunned down during a traffic stop in Minnesota, Caron Nazario – an army lieutenant – being threatened and pepper-sprayed at another traffic stop in Virginia, and 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant killed by police during an altercation with other women in Ohio. All this was happening while people were hoping and praying that a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Floyd, an act of tragic police brutality that was captured on video and set off a wave of protests and riots that took over the world last summer.
As a Black man living in America, these past few weeks haven’t been good.
The African-American community has once again had to endure images of Black men and women being terrorized and/or tragically killed by the police. There’s Daunte Wright getting gunned down during a traffic stop in Minnesota, Caron Nazario – an army lieutenant – being threatened and pepper-sprayed at another traffic stop in Virginia, and 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant killed by police during an altercation with other women in Ohio. All this was happening while people were hoping and praying that a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Floyd, an act of tragic police brutality that was captured on video and set off a wave of protests and riots that took over the world last summer.
- 4/26/2021
- by Craig Lindsey
- The Guardian - Film News
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