You better not knock on a door while black.

[rogue emissary]

Black Teen Nearly Shot After Knocking On Door Asking For Directions To School

People are saying the 14-year-old boy’s near-death experience is what it means to be black in America.

By Jenna Amatulli
When 14-year-old Brennan Walker missed his bus on Thursday morning and started walking to school, he thought knocking on a door to ask for directions would help. He didn’t think it would nearly get him shot.

The Rochester Hills, Michigan, teenager attempted to trace the bus route on foot after he said he woke up late and missed the bus. Brennan didn’t have a phone with him because his mother had taken it away as punishment, as moms of teens are wont to do, and he got lost along the way.

When he approached a house to ask for directions, he was met with a gun . . .

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ad0d38be4b077c89ce82acc

[meadowlark5]

1. Fucking paranoid, delusional deplorables - that's all they are

They sit around and listen to Hannity and Alex Jones and are marinated in paranoia and fear of anyone that's not white.

I am so glad that child did not get shot. I hope that man goes to prison and rots away there.

[LisaM]

2. I think you are exactly right.

They do sit around and listen to that garbage and become paranoid.

[rogue emissary]

3. Yeap, and they had the Ring doorbell.

The point of the Doorbell is you don't have to open your door to see who's knocking. It even allows you to speak to who's at your door from anywhere you and your phone is located.

[KansasKali]

4. That young man was lucky.

If he had gotten shot I doubt the shooter would have been prosecuted.

[SCantiGOP]

5. The charge should be attempted murder

Hope the police and prosecutor have the moral compass to do what is right.

[irisblue]

6. Local reporting had the old racist in jail facing charges

Thank god for that small mercy.