Robert Charles
Mr. Robert Charles was not afraid to stand up for himself. Robert practiced being in good relationship with his second amendment rights. Charles cared deeply for his people to engage in self-defense and to fight for their civil rights. Robert is responsible for the massacre that occurred all the way back in July of 1900 in New Orleans. History pronounces the moment as the Robert Charles Massacre. Melanated people have been groomed from birth with the black experience to know, if any crime happens anywhere and they are in the proximity of it, they will most likely be labeled as "suspicious" persons of interest. Even if they didn't fit the description. Even if the actual person or suspect is not black but they are! Okay, so wait a minute, if the description is a tall white male wearing a green cap with a green hoodie, but you question a short black man with a red jacket, how is that possible? Unfortunately, it happens more than we know. Ironically, some of these same episodes black people encounter in 2022 occurred in 1900 with Mr. Robert Charles. Robert Charles and his friend was in a white neighborhood and some of the neighborhood folks noticed some brown skin papas, so they called the police on them. This happens to black people all the time, whether they live in the community or not. Especially black men. When they don't think you belong or should not be in their community, they will call the police on you. During Jim Crow, Robert Charles was a free, educated man. His parents were born slaves. Robert Charles embraced being a free man. Individuals that were stuck in their supremacy ways didn't care about whether or not you were free from slavery. You were still of no regard; nothing to them, I surmise with their patriotic liberty and justice for all selves!
The police (Sergeant Jules, Officer Moto and Cantrelle) came on the scene and the fire started. The officers began to harass and interrogate Mr. Charles and his friend Leonard concerning them being on the porch in a white neighborhood. Charles and Moto drew their guns. No one was injured. As a consequence of his actions, Mr. Charles knew he had to vacate. The police eventually found Robert Charles as they entered his house and property exchanging gunpowder. Charles killed two police officers. They conducted a manhunt to capture Charles. They killed him. Then the riots began. Back in that time and now, if you killed a police officer you were subject to cruel and unusual punishment. Regardless of it being your fault or self-defense. Policy needs to change on these kinds of matters. As a result of a black man by the name of Robert Charles killing police officers, the entire environment of New Orleans collapsed. An angry army of white mobs, yes white mobs attacked black people. They wanted to lynch anyone connected to the memory of Robert Charles. Isn't it interesting how history keeps repeating itself with racial terrorism? Here is another man in Black History that kids can explore and write about. There is so much American Black History to investigate!
The police (Sergeant Jules, Officer Moto and Cantrelle) came on the scene and the fire started. The officers began to harass and interrogate Mr. Charles and his friend Leonard concerning them being on the porch in a white neighborhood. Charles and Moto drew their guns. No one was injured. As a consequence of his actions, Mr. Charles knew he had to vacate. The police eventually found Robert Charles as they entered his house and property exchanging gunpowder. Charles killed two police officers. They conducted a manhunt to capture Charles. They killed him. Then the riots began. Back in that time and now, if you killed a police officer you were subject to cruel and unusual punishment. Regardless of it being your fault or self-defense. Policy needs to change on these kinds of matters. As a result of a black man by the name of Robert Charles killing police officers, the entire environment of New Orleans collapsed. An angry army of white mobs, yes white mobs attacked black people. They wanted to lynch anyone connected to the memory of Robert Charles. Isn't it interesting how history keeps repeating itself with racial terrorism? Here is another man in Black History that kids can explore and write about. There is so much American Black History to investigate!
