“Us and them, us and them. There’s never a solution that doesn’t begin with we. We, the people.”
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On his show, Cuomo Prime Time, CNN’s Chris Cuomo fired shots at White America when he got into details about police reform and police accountability for shooting innocent Black people.
Cuomo came to discuss how police reform could’ve impacted the shootings of people like Daunte Wright and Adam Toled and even got into details about the Derek Chauvin trial, reported Yahoo.
He said, “George Floyd, Daunte Wright. I wonder if you’ll remember their names six months from now.” “They’ll be replaced by so many others,” he added.
Cuomo then said that white people want to make Black people the problem, and that innocent Black victims bear the implication of guilt after they are killed by police.
He said, “Takes the onus off the idea that you’re wrong about policing needing to change.”
“Forget that police are trained to deal with non-compliance with force that is not lethal. Hey, comply or die.”
The CNN anchor then said that police reform would only happen when police violence impacted young white people in the same ways as Black people.
“I know when they’ll change,” he said when “white people’s kids start getting killed.”
“What is going on with these police? Maybe we shouldn’t even have police,” he sarcastically added. “That kind of mania, that kind of madness, that’ll be you. That’ll be the majority because it’s your people.”
Social media debated the statements Cuomo made. Some white folks were clearly in their feelings regarding his statement.
While some tried to argue Cuomo’s statistics, other’s fired back.
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Cuomo finally added that unity is what will lead to police reform.
“Us and them, us and them. There’s never a solution that doesn’t begin with we. We, the people.”