在his first State of the Union address last month，乔·拜登（Joe Biden）总统宣布：“我们都应该同意：答案不是为警察拨款。这是为警察提供资金。”

“为他们提供资金，”他继续说道。“为他们提供资金。为他们提供资源和培训。”

As noted by countless media outlets at the time,评论德鲁两党的掌声 - 包括众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡（Kevin McCarthy）和众议院少数党鞭子史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（Steve Scalise）。鉴于我宁愿以自己的小便沐浴，也不愿投票给共和党人，所以我每次都渴望地提到这种新颖性。这两个主要政党都可以同意的几件事是对国家批准的黑人死亡的矛盾情绪多么适合。

That’s exactly why as I watched Biden receive his standing ovation over his political pandering, I instantly wondered how long it would take before footage of another unarmed Black man being shot to death by a police officer would surface before Biden’s unnecessary boast would come back to haunt him. Not very long at all — a testament to many things but particularly Biden’s自己在2021年通过警察改革的失败。

周三，大急流城警察局上周在交通站点期间发布了视频，显示一名白人官员致命地射击了26岁黑人帕特里克·莱奥亚（Patrick Lyoya）。

仍然不愿透露姓名的军官在Lyoya的后面，然后他似乎将其射向头部。在枪击事件发生之前，看到两人进行了短暂的交流，其中军官询问Lyoya是否有驾驶执照，然后继续抓住他。Lyoya拉开并开始奔跑，然后最终被解决。

但是，在斗争中，军官的身体摄像头停止拍摄。与之交谈纽约时报大急流城警察局的首席埃里克·温斯特罗姆（Eric Winstrom）表示，在斗争中施加了压力，以将其关闭，但尚不清楚谁施加了这种压力或是否是故意的。

How convenient for the unnamed police officer that fatally shot the unarmed Patrick Lyoya all the same. Winstrom showed dashcam, cell phone and the partial bodycam video. Thankfully, we also have镜头taken从旁观者的手机。

“视频清楚地表明，这是对一名无武装的黑人的不必要，过度和致命的武力，他对这次相遇感到困惑并为他的生命感到恐惧，”帕特里克·莱亚（Patrick Lyoya）的律师本·克鲁普（Ben Crump）说。

他们处决了他。没有其他方法可以描述它。他们以我们许多人处决的方式执行了他。

According to Crump’s office, Loyoya immigrated to the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014 and had lived in Grand Rapids for about five years. It should be unfathomable that a Black person immigrating from one of the poorest countries on the planet is no less safe from violence because of American law enforcement. But it makes too much sense.

After all, no matter where you came from, if you are Black in America, you are more likely than not to be a target by the police. And no matter when we are stopped by the police, we have every good reason to worry. They target us more frequently and more ferociously without repercussions.

只是去年大急流城警察局据说据办公室董事称，忽略了该市警察监督办公室的许多要求，以提供有关潜在官员不当行为的文件。

That same year they were given an在creased budget in spite of calls to spend less.

在一份声明中，州长格蕾琴·惠特默（Gretchen Whitmer）对Lyoya家族表示同情，并呼吁任何抗议和平。

惠特默说：“密歇根州警察将对枪击事件进行透明，独立的调查。”“然后，检察官必须考虑所有证据，遵守法律并采取适当的诉讼。正义是安全的基础，没有正义，我们都不太安全。”

惠特默（Whitmer）是前检察官，没有呼吁大急流城警察局更加和平。或行使约束。并不是说我希望她要求他们在背上时不要射击黑人，而是在这么多已知模式的受害者之后，表达同情才得以如此远。

The only people who can be so mundane about this cycle of death are the people not facing that type of threat. Fine, but they should be more fearful if for no other reason that their political fortunes depend on it. The Biden administration and this Democratic-controlled Congress can’t permanently curb child poverty, fight inflation, and other factors that actually cause crime but want to pump their chests about giving even more money to the police and expect to garner the kind of voter participation levels they need in order to win.

As much as many Americans may genuinely fear rising crime (partially due to cable news segments about crime based on what millionaire anchors hear is happening at Trader Joe’s or Manhattan or whatever), there are a lot of people who continue to be concerned about how easy it is for a cop to get away with killing Black people. In February, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed口号“退还了警察”and not Democrats’ position. We know, but the problem with that stance along with Biden’s proclamation is Democratsbenefitedfrom the largest social justice movement in American history happening during that election year.

这项运动是基于与警察的暴行作斗争的，帕特里克·莱亚亚（Patrick Lyoya）的杀戮在所有随意的残酷行为中，提醒人们乔·拜登（Joe Biden）和民主党人不仅没有使执法责任承担责任，而且还吹嘘给他们更多的破坏。

If Democrats think this strategy will get them the votes they need to stay in power, they will earn their miserable defeat.