Stanley Wilson Cause of Death Police Brutality

Another Black man Stanley Wilson Jr. death was due to the hands of police brutally beating him.

Pictures of Wilson Jr.’s body revealed the former NFL cornerback had abrasions on his head appearing to show he was either kicked or stomped by police. Other photos showed markings on his wrist that seemingly revealed he was in handcuffs at the time of the attack.

Stanley Wilson ex-NFL football player beaten to death by police.

Indeed, for any Black man in America young or old at anytime encountering the police can be a death sentence. For Black male survivors of racist police violence they are left with emotional distressing wounds of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

According to William A. Smith, a professor of ethnic studies and chair of the education, culture and society department at the University of Utah, has done extensive research on how trauma affects marginalized groups, especially Black people.

Smith coined the term “racial battle fatigue” to describe how continued acts of aggression or discrimination can lead to anxiety, stress and even health issues, he said:

“It’s a systemic race-related repetitive stress injury; it’s not a post-traumatic stress disorder or injury because we’re not in a post-racist society. It’s something we have to deal with every day.”

Rufus Tony Spann, a licensed professional counselor says "trauma doesn’t leave you," "So a lot of times we may say PTSD thinking that it’s post-trauma, but for many people, it could be continuous trauma," he said. "And a continuous trauma is that I experienced an actual event that either has shocked me, it has changed my thought process or instilled fear in me."

Not only does racist police violence produce continuing traumatic impact on Black men specifically, it also impacts on Black folks in general. A 2018 study found that Black people experienced days of poor mental health over a three-month period after a police killing of an unarmed Black person in their state.

Black Men: Some Thoughts on Black Distracted Love

 by Kenny Anderson

It is no secret that for decades now Black male/female relationships have been troubling and failing. From my perspective much of this trouble and failure is primarily due to unidentified and unaddressed negative undermining mental-emotional issues.

Instead of making a serious commitment to address these internal negative mental-emotional issues first way too many Black men and women get involved in relationships as a 'distraction' to escape necessary self-correction and self-improvement.

Too often in distraction relationship Black men and women don't ask themselves the following questions:

*Am I in this relationship because I'm afraid of being alone?

*Am I in this relationship because selfishly I want to be with someone at all costs?

*Am I in this relationship so I can be the focus of 'attention'.

*Am I in this relationship because there's a void in my life or something in me I'm avoiding to deal with?

*Am I bringing negative emotional energy baggage into the relationship?

*Am I seeking a relationship for someone else to make me happy?

Indeed, these self-questions are unhealthy reasons to be in a relationship and will surely cause problems!

The more you need to avoid dealing with your own inner problems the more you need to be distracted 'focus on the other person' and this will lead to relationship problems: Your partner may become possessive constantly wanting 'expecting' to see you; calling or texting you all the time; demanding your attention, response, and time.

If you can't 'deliver' meet their attention requirements this will become stressful; and this will lead to them being suspicious, disappointed, and dissatisfied; ending the relationship on to the next diversion person.

From my perspective love begins with 'self-love' that comes as a result of self-knowledge and self-healing, without this prerequisite mental-emotional awareness and curing process then looking for love 'being in a relationship' with someone else is too often driven by distraction.

America's Longest War is Against the Black Men Who Live in This Country

America's longest military conflict was not the 20 year war against Afghanistan 'The Taliban', indeed America's longest running war is the over 400 year old domestic racist war against Black men!