Police-related deaths of black Americans and a lack of repercussions have become human rights issues, according to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, the Hip Hop mogul spoke about the death of Philando Castile and subsequent acquittal of the officer responsible for his death, dubbing it “the new normal.” He also spoke on the correlation between being a witness to acts of police brutality and Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
“I didn’t really understand the new normal until the day before yesterday when [the cop who shot] Philando Castile was acquitted,” Diddy said. “I was like, Instagram’s not even jumping about this. This is such the new normal that it’s not even a major thing right now … It’s a major human rights issue, how it affects somebody that’s not like us. Somebody that lives in the inner city and they have to see that? Because that is news to them.
“That’s another thing to make them have PTSD,” he continued. “And people don’t understand that constant issue. Here’s the president talking about no issues that you’ve been having, then you see yourself getting killed and you see people getting away [with it], and you see marching and you see it happening over and over. There comes a breaking point. The breaking point is not being covered by the mass media. I think America is getting to a dangerous point where they’re letting our hearts be pushed into. I hope and pray people wake up. There’s gonna come a day when you can’t keep killing our kids.”
Diddy was later asked about his latest financial feat — topping Forbes’ World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities list. He said it’s time for those representing black culture to get what they deserve.
“We’re coming to get ours,” he said. “We’re all coming together to make sure we stay successful and we bring a lot of people up, and really inspire a lot of people. It’s a team effort to give value to black culture; to pave the way for us to have families and legacies and not just have these sad stories all the time — these stories of poverty and lack of self-responsibility to change our destiny. Nobody’s sending rescue parties to us, they’re not dropping food or aid, so it’s time we got busy and figured this thing out. Wherever we can find our wealth from, we gotta find it.”
Diddy is prepping the release of his Bad Boy documentary, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story, which is expected to arrive on June 25 via Apple Music. Check out the trailer below.
Racism against white people isn’t only acceptable, it is widely encouraged throughout society.
And murder dressed up as cop negligence has been the case for generations. I’d take racism over getting killed any day, especially when the killer is cleared of any wrongdoing consistently.
Aboriginal people actually have a far higher likelihood of being victimized by police brutality than any other race but the mass media ignores them and focuses on black people because they tend to sing and dance for the elites. #slavementality
Racism against whites? How’s that even possible
If they lock this cop up for what he did, then your just telling all of America it is ok to not listen to a police officer when he says stop, dont reach for the gun, when he says stop you have got to put your hands up, even if your just keep reaching for your wallet after the cop says stop, you have got to just put your hands up. The cop doesnt know what your reaching for, especially when he says stop and you just keep reaching for whatever it is, the cop is in a kill or be killed situation at that point. Listen and live.
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No im going to Listen and Live. You get pulled over and dont do what your told and die fast
The old norm is black people killing their own
Diddy got so much money everything he say is true.
Hmmm….Wonder what he calls blacks killing blacks on hourly basis?
What was it called when you paid South Side to kill Pac?
I don’t know about it being the new norm, but they are killing to many of us as a whole. I’m white and won’t act like I know how it feels to be black in America but I do know how it feels to lose a family member by a cop. My uncle’s last words were officer in reaching for my light and they put 2 in his chest.
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That’s the problem right there we letting it become normal.
Well hmm just watched a video on youtube earlier whete police asked a woman to show her there firearm then shot her fucking dead wheres the celebrities crying fowl for her and the news/media to hold police accountable? Oh wait stupid fucking me SHE WAS WHITE
true words, puff.
this dumb mf’r been payin pigs to shoot for decades. nothin new about that, dindu.
this bitchass murderer got Pacs blood on his hands what he talkin bout?