Ending Qualified Immunity is a matter of life and death for the Black community.

PART 3 OF 3

This is the third article in this series about Tim Scott. The first article was titled, “Tim Scott is No Uncle Tom.” The second article was titled, “A Man Still on Fire.”

This article was originally titled, “Tim Scott Simply Hates Black People, But He Is Not the Only One.” It is now called, “Ending Qualified Immunity is a Matter of Life and Death for the Black Community.”

That is an indisputable fact. Most Americans agree police reform needs to happen, but Tim Scott has ended any hope of that happening by stopping the negotiations over police reform.

Progressives in the Democratic Party want to limit or get rid of Qualified Immunity. Tim Scott and the Republicans simply walked away. Scott, some moderate, conservative Democrats, and the Republican Party want to keep Qualified Immunity for police officers. Qualified Immunity protects government officials from lawsuits.

Most people in the United States, organizations, individuals, and even the United States government do not have Qualified Immunity. Why should government officials have it?

That makes no sense, and it is killing members of the Black community.

There are those Black people and people of color who hate other Black people and other people of color so much that they would betray everything that the Black community needs and stands for.

Tim Scott is a Black politician with privilege, and his privilege will get more Black people killed. There are other Black people of privilege who hate the Black community.

These people experience social and financial gain from their positions — they have privilege even though they are not white.

People like Clarence Thomas and Daniel Cameron, to name a few.

Clarence Thomas has never voted once in favor of the Black community, and virtually every single vote he has made has harmed the Black community.

Daniel Cameron chose not to present evidence against the police in the Breanna Taylor case. He should be in jail.

Tim Scott blamed the Democrats for the failure to come up with an agreement about police reform. This is one of the most significant examples of gaslighting that has ever been attempted.

Blaming the Democrats for the failure to agree over Qualified Immunity is completely ridiculous.

Tim Scott removed Donald Trump’s policies from the negotiations, and he still tried to blame the Democrats for the breakdown. That’s gaslighting.

These people are hazardous to the Black community. Scott and people like him are in the position to help mitigate some of the most horrible crimes against the Black community, and they do nothing to stop it. They perpetuate the violence within the community and upon the community. These men are accessories to murder before and after the fact.

Here is the proof — the names of some of those who got no protection because of Qualified Immunity, since October 2009:

Victor Steen, October 3, 2009
Pensacola, Florida
Tasered/Run over: Pensacola Police Officer

Kiwane Carrington, October 9, 2009
Champaign, Illinois
Shot: Champaign Police Officer