This is such a sad story, and a truly distressing video. It reminds me of some of the events my family encountered when growing up in a rural area. My father was a black farmer, with a variety of livestock; including cows, pigs, and chickens. One day, for no good reason, white people who were associated with the Klan, complained about my father's pigs not having an "electrified" fence around them. Well, guess what? No one in our county had electrified fences around their hogs! They deliberately targeted him to hurt his business. The authorities and city sided with the racist instigators (being racist themselves), and my dad had to get rid of his pigs, which had proven profitable to our family for years. Those white people could not stand to see a black man doing well. Not that our family was ever wealthy, not even middle class, but we had food, shelter, and what racists truly hate--we had property with livestock.
This video, from the "Black Discoveries" Youtube channel is a truly an example of how racism is alive and well in the United States. Note how the authorities turned a deaf ear to the black farmers featured in it as they did to my family almost 50 years ago. Now take a look to our Department of Justice today--Pam Bondi is a character from the Batman series, amidst of all the other Gotham City characters. Given the Trump Administration, blacks cannot expect any help from DOJ. No group of color can expect help from the DOJ. I suggest for victims of racism where local authorities are not doing their jobs, to contact the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for advice, and to also aid their efforts in charting hate crimes. And hopefully, doing so will grant further exposure as to the many ways blacks are targeted in this country.
