A Black woman was arrested for being Black
while calling the cops
Hiii, I made a really tasty salad yesterday! Today I’m sharing my feelings about a white cop arresting a Black woman in so-called Alabama for not showing him her ID after she called them.
News that made me say calling the cops while being Black is a crime
Twyla Stallworth, a Black woman in so-called Alabama, who called the police on her white neighbors for playing loud music, was arrested by a white cop for not showing him her ID. John Barton, whose middle name is KKK, arrested Twyla for daring to think the police were there to serve her. He wanted to remind her the police are there to oppress Black people. Not showing your ID to the police is not a crime, but calling the cops if you are Black is a crime. Especially if you are a Black person calling the cops on white people.
I watched the video of Barton arresting Twyla and he might as well have been wearing a white hood because that interaction was more racist than Donald Trump’s toupee. When Twyla challenges KKK Barton’s request for her ID he says “Ma’am, I’m not arguing with you. Provide ID or go to jail.” To an untrained eye that doesn’t look like racism but as a Black person who has worked in the hellscape of whiteness known as corporate America I know this flavor of racism when I see it. Yes, racism has different flavors just like fruit gushers, but unlike gushers, none of the flavors of racism are tasty.
When Barton says I will not argue with you what he is saying is How dare you question my authority, you Black woman. Don’t you know you are beneath me? I’m not just a cop, I’m a white man which means you should obey all my orders without question. I know I’m giving Barton way too much credit with that complex internal dialogue. Barton’s internal dialogue was probably more like, Me cop, you Black, you bow down or I arrest.
Twyla didn’t just commit the crime of believing the cops were there to serve her; she also committed the crime of not completely complying with her dehumanization. I have experienced the anger of white people when I refused to know my place in their eyes and that’s exactly what was on display when Barton arrested Twyla. When oppressed people don’t comply with being oppressed, they are treated like villains who deserve punishment because it turns out racists are not great people. Who would have thought that?
Not to tarnish the brand of racists being evil, the Andalusia Police Department and the mayor of Andalusia determined that nothing racist happened in the video of Twyla’s kidnapping. That’s another thing that oppressors do. They pretend like oppression isn’t happening because that means they are bad people for doing it and even worse people for doing nothing about it. Of course the city of Andalusia didn’t do anything about Barton’s racist behavior. The mayor said Barton was disciplined but didn’t say how he was disciplined. Which means they probably sent him to Six Flags with an allowance for snacks and souvenirs.
I’m assuming they sent Barton to Six Flags because in order to maintain a racist system, you need racist cops and Barton was rewarded for doing his job!
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Great column, thanks. ACAB, and this story is just one more piece of evidence to support that belief.