Bowie Man Slammed On Twitter For Writing Book About Respecting Police

BOWIE, MD — A Bowie doctor who wrote a book about how black people can survive encounters with the police is getting hammered on Twitter.

Dr. Geoffrey Mount Varner, a Maryland emergency room doctor who is black, wrote a book called "Home Alive: 11 Must Rules for Surviving Encounters with the Police" that was featured in a story posted on WTOP.

Reaction from the Twittersphere was swift and fierce after it was posted on Wednesday, with many interpreting the title as blaming black victims rather than the police officers that pull the trigger.

Mount Varner, however, said that the title has been misinterpreted, and it is simply about educating black people on how to get home alive and doesn't absolve police of their actions.

"Everybody pause and take a deep breath," he wrote in response to many of the tweets. "Read what "I" wrote. Read the book. Your assumptions are completely false."

The story had a total of 121 responses on Twitter as of Thursday afternoon. Below are a small sample of some of the comments:

That sure worked out well for Philando.
— Sad & Boujee (@Pistol__Eyes) July 6, 2017

You can't even say "humility, respect" in the time it took cops to shoot Tamir Rice
— Avocado Toast Liker (@TheBaltimoreSon) July 6, 2017

He forgot "Not being black/brown."
— Ivan Williams (@ivanwilliams) July 6, 2017

the day we go back to deferring our human rights till others are comfortable with us - the day you might as well put us back in shackles.
— bob berry (@monsoon2112) July 6, 2017

Surely he's trolling and the good stuff is in chapter 3♂️
— Jeffrey Jenkins (@iamJeffJenkins) July 6, 2017

Good luck with all that Doc. I was held @ gunpoint @ 14 by police for just being a blk kid. Do u have a prescript for that? pic.twitter.com/q5A5K0y9qq
— Own Your Masters (@ThaArchitect) July 6, 2017

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