Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat who is also a male member of the notorious “Squad,” went on an unhinged rant against white folk on his social media account, apparently due to being super bummed about former Marine Daniel Penny being acquitted of manslaughter charges in the death of black man Jordan Neely. Keep in mind, Neely was a homeless man who was schizophrenic with a lengthy past of violent crimes and who also had a warrant out for his arrest at the time Penny put him in a choke hold on a subway car after he threatened to hurt innocent people. Just for context.
“Dear White People, I don’t know why I feel the need to keep talking to you. I don’t know why part of me still has hope for you and for us. Some of you are too far gone. But maybe enough of you aren’t and will join us in fighting to end white supremacy,” Bowman said in the post.
I just wanna call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all and just continue to hope. I won’t rely completely on you because I know what’s most important is to work with my community and other like minded allies in the fight for justice. But I guess I’ll just offer this:
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
“I just wanna call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all and just continue to hope. I won’t rely completely on you because I know what’s most important is to work with my community and other like minded allies in the fight for justice. But I guess I’ll just offer this,” he said in the subsequent post.
I just wanna call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all and just continue to hope. I won’t rely completely on you because I know what’s most important is to work with my community and other like minded allies in the fight for justice. But I guess I’ll just offer this:
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
The congressman then discusses how he’s 48-years old and has witnessed numerous acts of violence against black men allegedly carried out by police along with some deaths too. He then recalls the first time he saw something of that nature, which was the Rodney King incident, noting the police officers involved in the case were acquitted.
I am 48 years old and I have seen countless incidents of brutal police violence and killings in my lifetime. The first Black man I saw violently attacked on camera was Rodney King. Those officers were acquitted.
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
“Next was Eric Garner’s murder and his cries of “I can’t breathe.” All he was doing was trying to sell a few cigarettes to survive an economy that failed him, and he was jumped and killed by police,” he said, going on to add, “The next video burned into my memory is the murder of Philando Castile, shot and bled to death by police on live stream, with his child in the backseat and his girlfriend next to him. How will that child heal from the trauma that will live in his body for the rest of his life?”
The world saw George Floyd murdered. His murderer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. I cried. And couldn’t stop crying. I saw five Black Memphis police officers beating a Black man to death on camera. White supremacy is not skin color. It’s a state of mind. Jordan Neely is the latest. He was sick. He was not a threat. He was subdued. Still not a threat. Daniel Penny choked him for 6 minutes. And killed him. We all watched it on camera, and he was still acquitted.I’ve left out probably another hundred instances of this trauma in my life. For comparison, I ask white people, how many times have you seen a white man killed in cold blood on camera on your newsfeed? How many times have you even heard about this?