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Texas Police Shot A Black Baby

Once again, police officers decided to use excessive force in a situation that didn’t have to end so terribly.

A robbery suspect was being pursued by the police. They jumped into Daisha Smalls’ car, with her baby, Legend Smalls in the backseat. The suspect was told to drop their pistol and put their hands up. They didn’t comply.

And INSTEAD of doing ANYTHING ELSE to defuse the situation, despite Daisha Smalls refusing to leave the car because HER BABY WAS IN THE BACKSEAT, something she screamed at the top of her lungs to tell the police, they fired shots into her vehicle.

One shot hit Legend in the right side of his head. Doctors had to remove a part of his skull to relieve the swelling, but they couldn’t remove all the fragments. He remains in the ICU to this day. This incident happened on March 3.

The negligence is disgusting and honestly? The fact that the officer that shot this poor baby was just put on ‘administrative leave’ is terrible. The title of this post is true but even if the baby wasn’t black, this would still be so utterly inexcusable. If the police want more respect from the communities they claim to protect, something needs to change about how they respond to situations like these.

A gofundme was set up for Legend though! Even if you can’t donate, reblogging this would be helpful too :)

https://gofund.me/1ab7f102

Help Legend Daishaun Smalls in his recovery!, organized by Quellan Lancaster

 On Wednesday March 3, 2021, my sister Daisha and 1 year-old nephew L… Quellan Lancaster needs your support for Help Legend Daishaun Small

gofundme.com