Mister
Ignorance can be remedied. Stupidity is incurable.
I'm curious to see what others have taught their kids. I wasn't really told anything directly. I just figured it out along the way. The Rodney King beating, and the cops shooting my uncle during the subsequent riot for looting, pretty much cemented my approach.
I've taught my kids(I use the term loosely now that 3 are grown and the youngest is 16) since they could really understand that the police will kill a black person for nothing and to not give them anything they can use as an excuse to do it. I emphasize that complaints and lawsuits can always be filed after but that they can never get their life back.
I've also stressed that they know and assert their rights. But with that assertion of rights, to know when an officer has no intention to respect their rights and to move accordingly.
What are some of the things that y'all have told your children involving police interaction?
I've taught my kids(I use the term loosely now that 3 are grown and the youngest is 16) since they could really understand that the police will kill a black person for nothing and to not give them anything they can use as an excuse to do it. I emphasize that complaints and lawsuits can always be filed after but that they can never get their life back.
I've also stressed that they know and assert their rights. But with that assertion of rights, to know when an officer has no intention to respect their rights and to move accordingly.
What are some of the things that y'all have told your children involving police interaction?