Posted on 11/15/2014 7:05:31 AM PST by Kaslin
The tragedy of low expectations strikes again. I’m referring to the lack of honest discussion surrounding the ills plaguing the blacks in America. Not one serious discussion led by local or national community members on why black kids aren’t taught how to respectfully deal with police. No one with enough gall to simply say: Houston, we have a serious problem. And it’s not the police.
As a member of the greater St. Louis Missouri community I've watched with trepidation as carpet-bagging agitators infiltrated the city of Ferguson; after the officer involved shooting of Michael Brown. These unwanted, paid troublemakers have attempted to destroy the sense of peace and stability that was previously a hallmark of a wonderful place to live, Ferguson Missouri. The St. Louis Metro areas has endured over three months of almost nightly protesting and upheaval.
With the expected announcement of the findings of the grand jury, empaneled to review the evidence surrounding the Mike Brown shooting, many in St. Louis are bracing for the worst. Gun sales have quadrupled and prepping sales have soared; it's as if we're bracing for a category five catastrophe. Local officials up to and including the governor have come out denouncing the threats of violence and mayhem. If violent action is indeed taken in response to the anticipated No Bill finding what will that solve? Certainly those who feel entitled to lash out and destroy property will be sated.
But to what end? Will educational performance in inner city schools increase? How about black unemployment, will that be addressed? Perhaps abortion rate for black women will decrease to be on par with women of other ethnicities? Will the number of black children killed by blacks decrease? Will the mistrust and hostile relations between police forces and citizens in predominately black neighborhoods improve? Not in the least. None of these truly difficult issues will ever be solved by violent protest against the police.
In order to realize actual change, as opposed to feel good sloganeering, proposed action must begin with those within the black community who continue to reward and celebrate failure, by delegitimizing children who seek to succeed in school. That has to stop. Why are intelligent black children getting beat up after school for getting A’s in class? In what universe is that even partially acceptable? Certainly we can stop that from being the norm in inner city schools across America.
The glorification of thug culture through hip-hop music and the wholesale acceptance of rampant degradation of black women has to stop.
Equating a desire to succeed and speak proper English with a desire to be white or that person not being authentically black has to be denounced for what it is: idiocy. I agree that it's time for change: the change needed must begin at the heart of the problem. No amount of additional police training will right the current state of the black family unit in America. In order to do that, afflicted mindsets and behavior patterns must undergo a massive overhaul.
November’s midterm election results showed an American populous back on its heels in frustration with governance by Democrats, their failed policies and ideological silliness. Now is a perfect time to return to the traditional mores and values that have in past decades served blacks so very well. Prioritizing graduating from high school, marrying before having children, and hard work would dramatically improve the lives of millions of people in America. We’ve tried free love, easy birth control and abortion on demand and the results are mercilessly devastating.
Not so fast. Police departments don't get a pass from me on where they stand in their interactions with the public. News reports and YouTube videos provide abundant proof that there is improvement needed in relations between law enforcement and America’s citizenry. This should be a priority; Americans pay the salaries of our public servants through our taxes. As the daughter of a career law enforcement officer, I can assure you that as tough as the job is, these individuals love what they do. It's a calling. Addressing this issue shouldn’t be left to wait until there’s a tragedy that propels segments of society to demand examination of current policies and training methods.
It’s past time for every American, but black America especially to get in the drivers seat and take control of the life that each of us is given. Don’t blame rogue police for stopping you if you’re jaywalking in the street. Don’t shoplift, steal, and rough up storeowners. Engage police officers with respect, if there’s a problem, report it. Start with yourself, it’s the best place to begin, and yields the greatest return.
this was a long time before the Mexican Army sent agitators to Ferguson.
http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mo/st-louis/crime/
Perhaps it has reached the point where it is cheaper to fight them than to feed them? If they try to give an episode of looting in Ferguson warn them off the streets and if they fail to leave the streets and return to their homes. Do what has to be done.
I love a lot of snow.Simplifies my comoflage options.
I was thinking of those without bad weather siting drills. Of course if they used M-60s, that problem would be not important!
What is the racial make up of the GJ?
Gibmedats don’t like the cold. They need to announce the verdict before it warms up.
Houston, we have a serious problem. And it’s not the police.
AMEN so many have been in a self induced coma for so long.
——the ills plaguing the blacks in America.-——
There are no ills plaguing the blacks in America. There is a black subculture led by a failed MLK wannabe subculture that is the actual black plague.
Other black people not members of the plagued cultural elements are getting along fine or at least what passes for fine. Fine today is diminished under the failed president and his apparatchiks that are plundering the national treasury .
The true victims of these antics are the people in the very neighborhood that the agitators pretend to champion, but the agitation continues to succeed in disrupting normal social interaction, because political cowards are intimidated into believing that they will be accused of being "racists" or "elitists," is they dare to recognize what is actually going on. The tragedy is, as stated, that the clearest victims are actually those who are supposed to benefit from the totally disruptive behavior.
Understanding this, and intelligently addressing it, is one of the key moves essential if Conservatives are ever to break the absurd hold that the Leftwing Democrats have on the "Black Vote."
William Flax
Those who have orchestrated that "discussion," completely lack moral or intellectual integrity, and have had a totally destructive effect on American societies--with the absolute worst example being on the Black family and other social structures.
I would challenge anyone who denies this to look at the legitimate progress made when Booker T. Washington was the spokesman, compared to what has happened when the NAACP and "Civil Rights" agitators gained the upper hand in the late 1950s & 1960s.
If you want a really clear idea of how serious is the problem, consider what the long term effect of our open Southern border is on different segments of the rooted population. Who is being the most clearly betrayed by their self-proclaimed champions?
William Flax
Blacks have spent the past 50 years perfecting the art of blame without accepting the truth about the damage they are doing to themselves.
My theory is that they are trying to delay this until after the holiday shopping season.
Too late...by then, there won’t be any stores open in Ferguson.
The good, decent, hardworking citizens will lose out again to the criminals and agitators.
Nice video. Thanks.
Listen you bully, if they want to act military, they can join the military. I am talking about the aftermath, who the hell knows what happened at the beginning since the PD is mum and the officer is hiding.
You are both way over the top. The police do not need to do any more stupid stunts.
Oh, it that what happened. I missed the GJ report... didn't even know the report was out.
There have been enough killed by the thug police. No more.
Is there a point to that article? Does the video of the cop leaving the police station hours mean something that I’m missing? Is leaving a police station the definition of “police acting like thugs”?
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