They're Coming Right For US

This is from an older Episode of South Park, but I've had it in my mind since the Trayvon Martin case.  They're Coming Right For Us, says Uncle Ned to Jimbo in the context of it is illegal to hunt animals, but if they were to say attack or charge at you, then as long as you proclaim "they're coming right for us!!!" then that allows you to kill it in self defense.  Recently I've seen it used to hunt what some people would consider an animal.  African American Men.  Trayvon Martin wasn't the first but he stands out in recent memory.  There was also Mike Brown, then even more recently Darrien Hunt.  Killed because they were considered a threat.  The use of lethal force was justified by the fact that in each case the wild and savage beast was coming right for them, so they had to kill them.  Most black men do not wish to die and having been raised in America, know what that one wrong move will guarantee.  I've known it for years, so I refuse to believe that my brothers don't know it as well and yet the same excuse is heard repeatedly.  "He charged at me." "He raised a sword at me" "He had a weapon" and yet the evidence never seems to match their recall of events.  I think South Park showed us the future of the black man as a possible endangered species hunted by those who think the justification for killing them is in some sort of mock fashion.  I pose no threat to anyone and those that know me can verify this.  I know how to handle my self in the presence of law enforcement officers.  I will never be coming right for them.  I will not run, I will not shoot off my mouth, I will remain silent until a lawyer can be found.  I can almost guarantee if a situation with a police officer "were" to escalate and they seem to quite quickly; I'd be dead and that officers would most likely quote...I was coming right for him.

This is not the America that any of us were promised.  The newest shooting of Darrien Hunt, an aparent cosplayer dressed as Mugen from Samurai Champloo most likely wasn't charging at them, but these days corrupt police of all colors seem to need little justification in taking another life.  When proven through the use of cellphones and social media, when a man of color is involved, his chances for survival drop exponentially.  I'm really sick of seeing another black man dying as a result of "he's coming right for us."