Posted on 07/14/2015 8:35:54 AM PDT by Perseverando
Black activists got angry when the Detroit Police Chief James Craig called the people responsible for shooting 12 people on a playground killing one of them urban terrorists. They complained about the insult and want him to apologize. Craig refused to back down and stuck to his guns.
Craig said quite bluntly:
“You will allow this to continue if you do nothing. It must stop now.”
That’s when the president of the Detroit National Action Network (founded by Al Sharpton) Rev. Charles Williams took umbrage to Craig’s assertions that these thugs are urban terrorists:
“We want to make it very much known that the young people who are causing the violence in our community are not terrorists,” the activists said. “They are not urban terrorists, they are the products of bad urban policy.”
It’s good to see them put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the ones truly responsible for running the city into the ground, the democrats who have ruled Detroit for the past 50 plus years. I guess they couldn’t see a way to blame it on George W Bush or ATM machines. Detroit and Chicago (another democratic bastion of hell) have been competing for the most violent city in America and currently, it’s too close to call. Chicago just reelected their democratic misfits and don’t believe for a moment Detroit will too because that’s what being a democratic voter is all about.
Craig reacted to Rev Williams by doubling down on his message:
“What should we call them? I say it’s urban terrorism and if it offends someone, I’m not worried about it. It is what it is.”
”And I say to the critics, when we were out there Sunday, I didn’t see any of them out of the grounds working with us side by side to come up with solutions … I’m sick and tired of dealing with the level of violence in some of our neighborhoods.”
Juvenile violence is so bad that Detroit has issued a curfew for minors from 6 PM to 6AM unless accompanied by a parent.
There were many causes in my opinion. Which one was major? I still contend a sellout of our superiority by the ONE WORLD ORDER followers. The single most important? Clinton gave us away to China, etc. etc. etc. We have seen our better days, I fear. Americans have become too internationalized. They only look at “price” and don’t consider quality. It’s a mind set that has been changed through publicity and mental programming. It’s easier to believe what you hear instead of thinking for yourself. My opinion.
Mine is not an opinion, it is a finding based on historical fact.
Which led to.....our loss as a nation. We’re still in a war with unions and look at their track record in Europe. I don’t want America to end up a “Tiny” Britain.
Sure but that is not whatwe were
discussing.
I think it is. Nothing is ever just one problem. I try to look at the broad picture. Each thing contributes to the overall result. We’re not really debating because we have similar thoughts. It’s just that I am highly suspicious of “Facts” as presented by people, organizations, government entities, or others who have something to gain. Statistics are easily used to prove anything one wants to prove. Learned that in Economics Classes over fifty years ago.
Sorry I haven’t had a chance to get back to you. Today has been hectic, so maybe later. I am NOT ignoring your very thoughtful and generous post.
The facts of which I speak regarding foreign cars in general and Japanese cars in particular are not government statistics but automotive industry figures including auction sales as a resale value gauge as well as warranty claims info supplied by all mfgs.
American car makers have come a long way from the late 70’s but the Japanese car makers have not been sitting still either.
I will accept your defense of Japanese cars, but I will always refuse to drive one. Are you really looking at the impact the loss of the auto industry has had on Detroit? I still find it odd that my entire family, since 1970, parents, inlaws-outlaws, children, aunts, uncles, cousins, and now grandchildren ALL have driven AMERICAN cars and no one has ever had a problem.
Tell me. You wouldn’t by any chance own or work for a Japanese Auto agency, would you?
Great, you and your family are extraordinarily lucky. There can be no other explanation. The figures are true and attempt at research will prove that.
I am 20 yrs retired and drive M Benz and BMW.
When’s the last time you drove an AMERICAN car? I also insist on Boeing when I fly. I refuse to fly those egg crate cattle planes when there’s a good Boeing going the same way.
Thanks cripplecreek.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig ... can anyone tell me why he’s not running for Governor of the State?
A friend of mine said it best. McNamara is the Boss Daley of Wayne County.
Great post!
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