Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Police Aren’t Under Attack. Institutionalized Racism Is.

TIME ^ | 12/22/2014 | Kareem Abdul Jabbar

[SeekAndFind]

The way to honor those who defend our liberties with their lives — as did my father and grandfather — is not to curtail liberty, but to exercise it fully in pursuit of a just and peaceful society.

According to Ecclesiastes, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.” For me, today, that means a time to seek justice and a time to mourn the dead.

The recent brutal murder of two Brooklyn police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, is a national tragedy that should inspire nationwide mourning. Both my grandfather and father were police officers, so I appreciate what a difficult and dangerous profession law enforcement is. We need to value and celebrate the many officers dedicated to protecting the public and nourishing our justice system. It’s a job most of us don’t have the courage to do.

At the same time, however, we need to understand that their deaths are in no way related to the massive protests against systemic abuses of the justice system as symbolized by the recent deaths—also national tragedies—of Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, and Michael Brown.

Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the suicidal killer, wasn’t an impassioned activist expressing political frustration, he was a troubled man who had shot his girlfriend earlier that same day. He even Instagrammed warnings of his violent intentions. None of this is the behavior of a sane man or rational activist. The protests are no more to blame for his actions than The Catcher in the Rye was for the murder of John Lennon or the movie Taxi Driver for the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. Crazy has its own twisted logic and it is in no way related to the rational cause-and-effect world the rest of us attempt to create.

[TBP]

Kareem shows himself to be a racist with this comment.

[Parmy]

Being a muslim and stupid is all that anyone needs to know.

[BenLurkin]

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.”

Be careful what you wish for Lou.

[woodbutcher1963]

Surely, you do not mean that.

[NorthMountain]

Lew Alcindor is spewing 100% pure bullshit.

[PROCON]

[SoFloFreeper]

...their deaths are in no way related to the massive protests against systemic abuses of the justice system as symbolized by the recent deaths—also national tragedies—of Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, and Michael Brown.

Cram it, Jabaar. They ARE related to the deaths. And I sympathize with the Garner family....but the thugs ARE killing cops in their name. So let's quit pretending.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The irony of that is telling.

“Abdul” is a double-fool for believing the lie of Islam and the Leftist ideology.

[Red Badger]

At the same time, however, we need to understand that their deaths are in no way related to the massive protests against systemic abuses of the justice system as symbolized by the recent deaths—also national tragedies—of Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, and Michael Brown.

Foul #5. Your outta here...............

[Trentamj]

Being stupid and drunk on racism is no way to go through life, Lew.

[wally_bert]

One might have thought that Roger Murdock wrote it in between airport runs.

[detch]

Kareem has been an angry man for a very, very long time.

His face has betrayed him for as long as I have seen him on the tube.

Why would anyone listen to him or read anything he writes?

Biased, self-centered on and off the court, myopic, NOT a model player or citizen.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Foul #5. Your outta here...............

I think it’s 6 in the NBA :)

[william clark]

Here’s an idea. Let’s say that Sharpton and the other cast of cretins are right and all the police are racist. Let whoever wants to believe that go ahead and believe that. Now that that’s settled, how’s about you don’t give them an excuse to act out on all that racism? You know, like maybe you don’t attack the racist cops or put up a struggle when they’re arresting you for something? Then maybe, just maybe, you don’t die.

[Old Yeller]

I can’t wait for Mohammed Ali’s opinion.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Adbul-Jabar and the rest have it wrong.

The lone, single, suicidal, mentally unstable are among the first group of people to slaughter as did the wastedspace-who-should-never-be-named acted.

The next group are the thugs and gangbangers having already shown they have no respect for life. Soon, killing an LEO will be a way of earning respect.

If wastedspace-who-should-never-be-named was on an ordinary murderous rampage, he could have shot 2 LEO or civilians in Baltimore. He did not. He went to NYC after posting his intentions.

Wastedspace-who-should-never-be-named didn’t pull the idea of revenge out of his rear end. That seed was planted by the rhetoric of the race whores and hate mongers.

[Iron Munro]

Another black multi-millionaire, who never did anything more significant than playing a sports game, wailing about the horrors of living in an oppressive white society that keeps the black man down.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

No, it is not the police, racism etc. The true attack is by non westerners against the West. The attack started with Gandhi who sensed that the Brit's were sick and could be defeated through means other than direct physical attack(Physical attack had been tried and failed. It was recognized that armed attack would fail). Gandhi's ideas were transferred to America through the use of blacks(among other things) as a tool to bring down America. The West is currently losing by reason of a distracted population manipulated through artful propaganda. I urge everyone to read the works of Edward Bernays.

[onedoug]

Drop the muslim schtick, Lew.

[Irenic]

Oh yeah, institutionalized racism...

He’s worth 20 million, Oprah is the 9th wealthiest woman in the world (they claim she’s also the most influential woman in the world), Obama is POTUS, Morgan Freeman is the number one most liked celebrity. There are many, many examples.

Kareem is full of pooh. He is just using the mindless, destructive, hurtful mantra that does nothing to help the average black.