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Black lives matter: The view from a Black man in blue
David Clark Scott
Fear. Anger. A sense of injustice.听
Albany, New York, officer Sadaka Kedar Kitonyi offers a deeply-felt perspective on the racial protests in America: a Black man in blue.听
About are Black. Officer Kitonyi has knelt with protesters and supports ending racial injustice, he says. But for the first time in his 12-year career he鈥檚 afraid to go to work. He鈥檚 been cursed, called racial slurs, and had an M80 tossed at him. He鈥檚 long been judged by his skin color, now he鈥檚 judged by his uniform.
I am not Derek Chauvin
I am not George Floyd
I听 am ME
I am compassionate and I am caring ... so why do you hate me? 鈥� I鈥檝e given the socks off my feet to a homeless drunk who had no shoes ...
Officer Kitonyi鈥檚 June 6 Facebook post, which he gave the Monitor permission to share, is as a person, not a profile. Out of uniform, he鈥檚 experienced being forced by cops to lie on the sidewalk because he 鈥渇it a description.鈥澨�
I listen to rap music, I wear baggie jeans 鈥� and have tattoos all across my body ... But why do you profile and stereotype me?
It is a cry for nuance in a time of binary views, a voice for officers who operate with compassion and integrity. 鈥�,鈥� he said in a recent interview, 鈥渁nd I refuse to walk away from a job I have so much love and pride for.鈥�
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