Killer Mike has been very vocal about the shooting of Michael Brown and the rights of U.S. citizens.
He shared his thoughts on Instagram and more recently in a Billboard op-ed. In the editorial, the Atlanta rapper criticizes police tactics and community policing.
I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us all.
The police are paid by the public and carry a public trust, and they take an oath to protect us as citizens. The police have lost sight of that and must be reminded that we pay them to protect us, not to simply engage and cage us.
We trust police with the power of life and death and with that trust comes a greater responsibility to be better than the current standard of policing I see across America everyday. Being a cop must be hard. My dad was one, and never wanted any of his children to follow in his footsteps. Being a cop is often seeing the worst of the human condition and behavior. With all of that said, there is no reason that Mike Brown and also Eric Garner are dead today -- except bad policing, excessive force and the hunt-and-capture-prey mentality many thrill-seeking cops have adapted.
Read more of Killer Mike's op-ed here.
Killer Mike reiterated many of the points he made in his op-ed during an interview with Brooke Baldwin on CNN. Watch the interview below and let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
