Garrick McFadden
1 min readApr 29, 2023

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You piece lacks anything that would meet the definition of rigor or intellectual curiosity. The key fact that you fail to include was that the white man who shot the black boy was not arrested for several days. The police even lied saying they needed to speak to the victim who was in a coma before they arrested them because they thought that poor excuse could stem the tide of public outcry.


On the other hand, the black neighbor who shot his white neighbors shot multiple people including a 6-year-old. However the key difference an arrest warrant was immediately sworn out. There was no delay, it was instantly. Unlike in the other situation.


Finally, with the case of the white man who shot the black child his own grandchild said the shooting was racially motivated. The old man is implied to have told the police he shot the boy because of racial animus.

This information is in the public record. Instead of confronting the facts you hide them. You avoid the historical context that white people who kill black people get to escape from accountability. See the woman who died this week.

You and I disagree on this topic, but you wrote your piece without dedication to the facts. What could have been thought provoking is just insipid word salad.

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Garrick McFadden
Garrick McFadden

Written by Garrick McFadden

I am a civil-rights attorney. I write about #whiteness, #racism, #hiphop, policing & politics. https://gamesqlaw.com/index.php/thoughts/

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