Cops have consistently driven with extreme recklessness, costing the lives of many people including Koreen Wood, Crystal Taman, Cody Severight—and now Tammy Bateman.
"No matter what he had done in his life, he did not deserve to die like this. He did nothing wrong—he tried to flee, that’s all he tried to do, the officer shot with no warning, he was unarmed, they shoot to kill, they didn’t shoot to stop him, they shoot to kill."
It is important to situate the experiences of international students within the context of anti-Black racism because it can provide answers to questions that governments and institutions (such as the police and the university) will evade, if not actively sweep under the rug.