The Cookout

[sourgrapes]

How many times do we have to see stories like this... A black man is just doing his job when some racist comes out of the woodwork for his life!?

Like, read the story. This was clearly a racial hate act. I don't get why people act like these things don't happen. No surprise the police aren't taking it serious enough. Would they be if he ended up dead!? WTF

The FedEx driver, 24-year-old D’Monterrio Gibson, was not wounded in the Jan. 24 incident. One of his attorneys, Carlos Moore, said Thursday that he believes police are not taking the investigation seriously. Two white men are facing charges, but Moore said the state needs to upgrade those charges to attempted murder.

Moore said Gibson had done nothing wrong before two white men tried to stop him, with one of the men holding a gun.

“He was simply Black while working,” Moore said during a news conference.

A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the department received a request to look into the case and will review the request to determine any next steps.

Gibson said he was wearing a FedEx uniform and was driving an unmarked van that FedEx had rented when he dropped off a package at a house in south Mississippi. He said as he was leaving, he noticed a white pickup truck pulling away from another house on the same large lot.

He said the pickup driver tried to cut him off as he left the driveway. Gibson swerved around him and then encountered a second man who had a gun pointed at the van and was motioning for him to stop. Gibson said the man fired as he drove away, damaging the van and packages inside. He said the white pickup chased him to the interstate highway near Brookhaven before ending the pursuit.

Hate crime probe sought in Mississippi attempted shooting

“He was simply Black while working,” attorney Carlos Moore said, referring to his client, during a news conference. See Boston.com.

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[Tati 304]

It won’t stop until pull up summer becomes a staple and people know that abusing Black people is going to lead to some get back.

 

[Blackgravity]

I hope he sues FedEx too, so he'll never have to work or deliver another package in his life.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

I hope he sues FedEx too, so he'll never have to work or deliver another package in his life.

FedEx did breh dirty. They actually suspended him even though he was the victim. I hope Mr. Gibson definitely sues them.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WObl3uYZizY&t=535s

On a related note, I hope Mr. Gibson excercises his constitutional carry rights that the state of Mississippi allows.