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Boy, 8, and mother held at gunpoint by #Sacramento police in mistaken identity | US policing | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/boy-and-mother-held-gunpoint-police-sacramento-mistaken-identity

> Brandon Stewart’s pregnant mother feared for his life when police pulled over their car on the way to football practice

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sipho,
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@BigAngBlack @BlackMastodon @blackmastodon Adultification - A form of bias where children from minoritised ethnic communities are perceived as being more ‘streetwise’, more ‘grown-up’, less innocent and less
vulnerable than other children.
This particularly affects Black children, who might be viewed primarily as a threat rather than a child needing support.

carl,

@sipho This is also a common occurence in Germany. With Black children, but also with Szinti and Roma children, children with Turkish roots and generally BIPoC children. @BigAngBlack @BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

carl,

@BigAngBlack Why am I not surprised both are Black? No way an 8 year old whitey would ever be taken as anything else than a child!
Pretty early to have "The Talk" with the poor boy.
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@carl
Seems it's never early enough
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