Posted on 12/09/2014 7:01:30 PM PST by walford
...When the St. Louis County grand jury, after deliberating over whether to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown Jr., decided not to bring any charges against him, it was the spark that reignited the longstanding anger and simmering distrust of the system among African Americans in Ferguson and across the nation. Their "cup of endurance" had run over. The inconvenient truth is that many African Americans see that decision as further confirmation of their belief that nothing has changed since the Kerner Report of 1968, and that nothing will; a police officer who shoots and kills an unarmed black man will almost always be exonerated...
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Why is it that blacks are over-represented when it comes to violent crime? Why are so many apparently raised to think that they are born victims and therefore entitled to do unto others?
A clear example of that mentality was captured on video when the 6’-4” 300lb. Gentle Giant put his hand on a man’s throat for daring to follow him after being robbed. Soon afterward, he became so outraged that a policeman would tell him “no” [likely for the first time in his life] that he attacked the officer from inside his cruiser. [An indication of his upbringing -- particularly whether he was raised with limitations/consequences -- came when his mother reacted to that video showing what he actually did as ‘character assassination.’]
And in the previous notorious incident [that was also arguably falsely racialized] we have another “unarmed teen” -- with his face obscured by a hoodie -- being watched while going through a neighborhood that had been plagued by burglaries . Rather than running away or calling the police, he calls Jabba the Tire Neck [using racial slurs], then attacks a person whom he obviously could have easily out-run.
Aren’t we going to question why Trayvon Martin was apparently raised in a milieu in which if one feels threatened and runs away or calls the authorities, he would be marked as a victim/target? Hence, his violent reaction to being watched and followed was actually reasonable? How can that mentality possibly comport with civilized society?
[One of the more horrifying moments I witnessed in law enforcement was an episode of COPStv in which there was a drug dealer selling his wares openly on a sunny day. There were lots of people around of all ages. They were perfectly at peace with this. When the police jumped out and confronted him, the entire crowd roiled, hooting and wailing like banshees. Should the police have left the community with their dope dealer instead? The author complains about the police ‘militarizing’ with tanks and automatic weapons, but unless they are willing to concede that some areas are ungovernable and should thus be abandoned, it is hard to argue against such means.]
What reactions are expected of the police and law-abiding citizens when confronted with people with this mindset? Are they supposed to passively take what is coming to them so we can subsequently wring our hands and wonder what society did to make them do something so ‘desperate’? Then we could enact social programs that will address “root causes” and offer “positive alternatives” to wrestling for an officer’s weapon or bashing a man’s head into a sidewalk?
What are we supposed to make of someone with a violent history of being a sociopathic bully being lionized as a martyr while the media all-but directs a racially inflamed mob to the officer’s house so they can [hopefully] savage his wife and kids?
What are we supposed to make of the President taking sides in a local legal issue before it has come to court by saying one of the participants looked like the son he never had?
While Obama has been President, nearly 800 police officers have been killed in the line of duty. What are we supposed to make of him sending no representatives to any of their funerals, but sending three to the funeral of a man who was shot while attacking a police officer?
What are we supposed to make of the Attorney General, attending a rally in honor of a violent criminal, embracing a Reverend [who has two confirmed racial hoaxes (Tawana Brawley, Crystal Mangum) under his belt], that resulted in random attacks on innocent people who happened to be the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time?
What are we supposed to make of the absurd irony of black mobs calling for lynchings based upon race rather than evidence?
How can any unity and peace be accomplished in our society while one segment has separated itself and has its fingers all pointing outward?
The author refers to an apartheid mentality developing, but given the present circumstances, the only available practical solution would be for the police to divide themselves along racial lines and only respond to calls with officers of the same demographics of the perpetrators. If there are not enough cops of one race to meet the demand, oh, well.
It might even be necessary to divide America into enclaves that separate and seal off places in which law enforcement is not wanted from those that trust and want police presence.
I fear that the country is tearing itself apart on racial, economic and ideological lines and the elites in government and the media are gleefully fanning the flames. They will be safe while the rest of us suffer.
That’s funny, but Photoshopped.
"Never let a good crisis go to waste".
Marxists fan the flames because they can then call for more central government. More laws to enforce, more victims to protect. More taxes to hire more bureaucrats help us from this crisis which they created.
Yup.
Just remember government efficiency is a conflict of interest.
“They will be safe while the rest of us suffer.”
Ummm, no. They won’t. But it’s ok to let them think they will be.
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Yeah —
I can tell that sign is fake because all the ones used at the um. . . protests are all PRE-PRINTED.
"The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it's the seriousness of the charge that matters.”
-- Tom Foley, Democrat, Speaker of the House 1989 to 1995.
Ferguson is a lie. We live in an age when lies are cherished and the truth is despised.
As I recall, this actually happened in Cincinnati a few years back with the black community protesting excessive police violence in the hood. The police stopped "policing" in the hood and guess what happened to the crime stats?
If the loud-mouthed professional nøggers somehow manage to kick off the interracial war they're trying so desperately to gin up,
they won't live long to comprehend the gigantic can of citizen whoopass that decimates them.
Violent crime stopped altogether?
The whole democrat party disgusts me... It's not just Obama - it's all of them...
I have a different theory.
Remember that black man who was shot by the officer in South Carolina a few months ago? The driver got out of his truck as ordered and when he was asked for his license, rather than telling the officer where it was, he abruptly turned around and reached into his vehicle.
The officer then panicked and shot the man. He was consequently relieved of duty for this, but the incident shows that in the wake of the Ferguson incident, some white police officers might be becoming more jumpy — and may even be disposed to over-react.
I maintain that this is all by design by those who profit economically and politically from sowing discord amongst the citizenry at all levels. Many are at the point wherein evidence means nothing to them as they filter everything through group identity.
That essentially means that Rule of Law is dead in favor of Might-Makes-Right. Let us remember who has the most weapons — the government.
It is entirely possible that in reaction to an increasing number of incidents, the local police forces will then be made subordinate to, if not taken over by, the Central government and some form of Martial Law instituted.
Remember that the Left is ultimately about power for its own sake.
Right on. Let ‘em bring it. We’re ready.
THE REHEARSEAL
As opposition to Obama’s abuse of his constitutional authority and talk of “impeachment” began to arise and his polling numbers fell.
What Obama needed, worked for, and got , by separating and isolating his solid group of supporters the blacks through creating out of whole cloth stories of “victimization”.
Using circumstances where lawless black youths wound up dead in felonious struggles over guns held by figures of authority. Obama used his “Bully Pulpit to reinforce that “victim” agenda in Florida and Missouri. In both cases he portrayed authority as the agressors and the perpetrators as the “victims”
In Florida’s case success was indicated by the number of incidents where members of other races were attacked severly injured or murdered by black youths committing these assults in the name of the so called “victim” All the while Obama neither commented nor condemed such activity.
In Missouri he met with and issued a “stay the course” order to the Ferguson protesters. They in turn coordinated by the usual suspects organized nationwide protests. Their purpose and result was a successful demonstration of what would happen if congress ever moved on any constitutional efforts to restrain or even remove Obama including“Impeachment”..
...he portrayed authority as the agressors and the perpetrators as the “victims”
“...suggesting that the police should just stand down and allow lawlessness to flourish”
Only for certain segment of perpetually offended citizens.
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