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The Real Problem with Memphis
American Thinker ^ | 5 Feb, 2023 | Stephen Baskerville

Posted on 02/05/2023 4:53:45 AM PST by MtnClimber

Yet another young black man is beaten to death by police in a major city. So what is the response by the political class?

From the left comes the predictable pablum: systemic "racism," etc., etc. — even though all the policemen were black, and so is the chief policeperson.

But what do we get from the right? Mostly their own predictable pablum: "It is not systemic racism." Oh, yes, and "not all police are bad," etc., etc.

But this time, we get a little something more, or at least I thought we did. During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Jason Whitlock put his finger right on it. His words are too good not to be quoted in full:

I would examine the racial element, because there is a racial element. ... Everybody involved in this ... was ... 24–32 years old. ... It looked like gang violence to me. It looked like what young black men do when they're supervised by a single black woman. And that's what they've got going in the Memphis police department. They've ... put some black woman in charge of the police force. And we're getting the same kind of chaos and disunity and violence that we see in a lot of these cities that are run by single mothers. If we want to discuss the breakdown of families that leads to disrespect for authority, that causes you to resist the police and run from the police ... because you resist authority at all times, because there was no male authority in your home, let's have that discussion. But that's not where they want to take us. ... It's the breakdown of families and the buying in of these left-wing things that have nothing to do with promoting families.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: crime; fathers
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1 posted on 02/05/2023 4:53:45 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

It is just feral urban youth culture even when they are old enough to join the police gang.


2 posted on 02/05/2023 4:54:03 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
The bigger problem isn't that black families have been destroyed by liberals (though that is certainly the case).

The real problem is that blacks in the U.S. are being unwittingly used by Marxists as soldiers.

Marxists have trained and armed and then sent black men and women into battle to destroy our culture and system of government.

And you have to hand it to the Marxists. They are doing a bang-up job!

3 posted on 02/05/2023 5:13:22 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: MtnClimber

They were all just acting like black men, doing what black men do when they get together


4 posted on 02/05/2023 5:20:22 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: MtnClimber

Democrats and inner city gangs have been cooperating for decades. It makes perfect sense to incorporate gang members into the Democratic police force so they can conduct business behind the shield. Democratic politicians get a cut of the largesse.


5 posted on 02/05/2023 5:20:33 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Make America Florida)
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To: RoosterRedux
The real problem is that blacks in the U.S. are being unwittingly used by Marxists as soldiers.

Not just blacks.

Not just people of color.

How many whites has Deep State pitted against one another during CoupFlu.

Deep State's divide and conquer campaign has targeted the entire nation.

And too many people of every skin color are falling for it.

6 posted on 02/05/2023 5:21:25 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: MtnClimber

I think Whitlock has earned the “Speak Truth to Power” Award with that comment.


7 posted on 02/05/2023 5:22:49 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: mewzilla

Amen to that.


8 posted on 02/05/2023 5:23:44 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

JOIN, or DIE.


9 posted on 02/05/2023 5:29:44 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: MtnClimber
Urban dumps like Memphis can’t be fixed because the denizens and their political leadership always migrate between two irreconcilable political/social paradigms:

1. “We need more police to deal with crime.”

2. “The police are racist thugs. Defund them.”

There’s no dealing with that kind of infantile mindset. The only solution is for business and government leaders to treat these dumps the same way they deal with Indian reservations.

10 posted on 02/05/2023 5:35:39 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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The only solution is for business and government leaders to

That presumes they want a solution. There's big money for them in it as it stands. And they are instead focused on increasing their market share.

11 posted on 02/05/2023 5:39:56 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: MtnClimber

The root cause of most of these problems is revolving door “justice” . The Scorpions existed to de-thug Memphis. The thugs existed because criminals are not locked up.

If we lock up criminals we don’t need as many cops, and we certainly don’t need Scorpions terrorizing our communities.

George Floyd should have been in prison, not on the street. If he was locked up he would not have had his breathing issues. The Georgia Jogger was likely stealing from job sites, if he was incarcerated fed up vigilante citizens would still be contributing to society.

Justice is a foundational concept of civilization. This means the government enforces basic laws against stealing, assault and murder.

We know the names and faces of those who are destroying society. The only way to fix this is to establish, or re-establish justice.


12 posted on 02/05/2023 5:50:20 AM PST by AlbertWang
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To: Alberta's Child

Goodbye Graceland!


13 posted on 02/05/2023 6:04:27 AM PST by Old Yeller
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To: MtnClimber
The real problem across the US is that blacks aren't asking the right questions. Other minorities in the US don't experience anywhere near the amount of racism that blacks do. The question blacks should be asking is: "Why?" The reason is because blacks exhibit violent behavior. Look at any source for violent crimes by race and blacks have a disproportionately high rate. Orin Hatch once said that, if you remove violent crimes committed by blacks between the ages of 17 and 35, the US would have a rate that is less than Switzerland. Blacks demonstrate violent culture that is far higher than other minorities or whites. That's a fact and it is not racist to point it out.

What blacks should be doing is asking themselves what they should be doing to demonstrate a non-violent culture. I'm tired to being told by blacks that all whites are racists and them expecting me to change. Blacks should be acting in such a way that the we being to see them as non-violent and respected members of society. The solution starts with blacks, not everyone else.

14 posted on 02/05/2023 6:08:47 AM PST by econjack
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To: MtnClimber

The real problem.....the city is 83% black.


15 posted on 02/05/2023 6:18:40 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: MtnClimber

But wait!

Don’t forget....
-Jackson, MS
-Chicago
-Washington DC
-New Orleans
-Detroit
-Oakland
-Philidelphia
-Many more..

See the pattern here?


16 posted on 02/05/2023 6:23:50 AM PST by icclearly
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Memphis is next on the DC, NYC,Chicago, LA , Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta Communist hit list....

drive out law and order from city central, to start ballot manufacturing factories to turn a Red state Purple (where GA is presently) and eventually to Blue.


17 posted on 02/05/2023 6:31:40 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

There it is.


18 posted on 02/05/2023 6:47:18 AM PST by EEGator
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To: AlbertWang
"...and we certainly don’t need Scorpions terrorizing our communities."

We do no such thing and resent the implication.
Scorpions
We're Germans for God's sake!

Seriously though, when corruption creeps through a government it seeps through all levels. I immediately thought of Alex's former "droogs" from "A Clockwork Orange" ending up as cops kicking his ass.

Droogs

19 posted on 02/05/2023 7:01:55 AM PST by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: MtnClimber

Jason Whitlock is brilliant.


20 posted on 02/05/2023 7:12:33 AM PST by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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