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Why Jazmine Headley’s Pain Is The Symbol of Systemic Abuse That Begins With Law Enforcement
Black women always have to suffer for the gain of others
Jazmine Headley is the 23-year-old Black woman who was physically assaulted back in December 2018, by a gang of uniformed thugs, that were assembled by security guards of a Brooklyn branch of an Human Resources Administration office, who felt the need to raise the alarm on an unarmed mother, who was silently holding her baby son, as she sat on the floor, waiting patiently for assistance.
The crime that was committed was the shamefulness of being a law-abiding, tax-paying Black woman of modest means, who was simply doing the best that she could with the resources at her disposal. She needed to understand why the childcare vouchers had abruptly stopped, and in order to do that, she had to take the day off from work, and bring her child with her, so she could sort out the issue.
The crime that was committed is the the fact that Jazmine Headley is a Black woman, who looks like she’s in her twenties, but to those who specifically target her template during routine traffic stops, that turn deadly or after a misunderstanding with management at The Waffle House, that turns into a violent beatdown, she seems like she’s mature enough to handle harrowing…
