I believe his end goal was to emerge as a warrior for social justice. The classic storyline: oppressed minority fights against evil injustice, becomes a beacon of hope in this unfair world. He played on the racial stereotype that black people can't trust the police - we just can't hand over our phones, amiright? - but still he invites them into his home, because he doesn't want to bother the neighbors (sensitivity here - the need to explain WHY he let them in. Nobody asked: why did you let the police in?). He calls himself the gay Tupac, whatever that means. His ego is so wedded to that script that he just can't let it go. He still clings to it at the end of his sentencing, bursting out some words that he probably hoped would string together to an "I have a dream speech", which they didn't, it was incoherent, ending with a defiant raised fist in a black power move. He just couldn't let it go. He has nothing else. He might very well be suicidal.
Still it's a real shame that the CCTV camera didn't capture the fight - we would have seen some real bad choreography there...
Yet again this is an insightful look into the language he used. I struggled more with this one than previous articles. I got most of the points you raised, but did not necessarily understand the red flag so this has been really useful to understand what we were being told. Another great blog. Keep them coming!
I believe his end goal was to emerge as a warrior for social justice. The classic storyline: oppressed minority fights against evil injustice, becomes a beacon of hope in this unfair world. He played on the racial stereotype that black people can't trust the police - we just can't hand over our phones, amiright? - but still he invites them into his home, because he doesn't want to bother the neighbors (sensitivity here - the need to explain WHY he let them in. Nobody asked: why did you let the police in?). He calls himself the gay Tupac, whatever that means. His ego is so wedded to that script that he just can't let it go. He still clings to it at the end of his sentencing, bursting out some words that he probably hoped would string together to an "I have a dream speech", which they didn't, it was incoherent, ending with a defiant raised fist in a black power move. He just couldn't let it go. He has nothing else. He might very well be suicidal.
Still it's a real shame that the CCTV camera didn't capture the fight - we would have seen some real bad choreography there...
Yet again this is an insightful look into the language he used. I struggled more with this one than previous articles. I got most of the points you raised, but did not necessarily understand the red flag so this has been really useful to understand what we were being told. Another great blog. Keep them coming!