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.