Posted on 11/25/2014 4:31:16 AM PST by LeoMcNeil
Police Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Michael Brown. Based on the evidence it is clear that Wilson shot Brown in self defense. Brown had already robbed a convenience store, he had already attacked Wilson once trying to steal his gun. The evidence indicates that Brown charged at Wilson and Wilson shot him dead. There is no indictment because Wilson was completely justified in using force. That doesnt matter to the progressive community organizers in Ferguson who are currently inciting the mob to burn the city to the ground. President Obama hasnt helped the situation much at all, admonishing the country to try to understand the rioters. Its difficult to understand why people would be rioting over a police officer shooting a criminal who was attacking him.
One of the signs that struck me read black lives matter. This is absolutely a true statement, which is why its so bewildering that the black community rallies around people like Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. Brown was a criminal who attacked a cop, Martin picked the wrong guy to attack. These people arent worth rallying behind. Race is almost never a factor in murder. FBI statistics make clear, if youre going to be murdered there is an overwhelming chance that youll be murdered by someone of your own race. In the case of blacks, 93% of blacks are murdered by other blacks. Per capita, blacks have the highest murder rate. Rather than rally around criminals, the black community and indeed America would be better off focusing on ways to reduce black on black crime. Black lives do matter and if the country can reduce the black murder rate hundreds if not thousands of lives can be saved each year.
Around 300,000 black babies are aborted each year. In 2012, New York City alone accounted for over 31,000 black abortions. Since Roe v. Wade was decided, over 13 million black babies have been killed. Black lives do matter, including the unborn. Planned Parenthood outlets and other abortion clinics are disproportionately located in black neighborhoods. If these protesters actually care about saving black lives, the biggest impact they can have is opposing abortion and encouraging mothers not to kill their babies. Instead, Ferguson is being burned to the ground over a criminal while a holocaust is taking place at the local abortion clinic. Make no mistake, the abortion holocaust affects all races in America. However, it disproportionately hits the black community.
The progressives whipping up race hatred in Ferguson dont really care about black community. Theyre only interested in making political points and organizing people by stirring up racial prejudice. Thousands of black lives will be lost in Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Detroit and other progressive cities, all at the hands of other blacks. To focus on one act of police use of force, a justifiable act no less, and declare the cops are out to get blacks is so ludicrous its amazing anyone can say it with a straight face. Not only do these people say it with a straight face, the whip up the mob to burn down their own city. Of course, thats assuming the mob in Ferguson is actually from the community. It would surprise no one if we later discover that nearly everyone arrested is from outside metro St. Louis. The progressive community organizers are putting on a threatening show, for them it really doesnt matter whether its authentic or not.
Obama and Eric Holder have said we need to have a honest discussion about race. These two may actually be right about something, we do need to have an honest discussion. To be honest though, the conversation wont go in the direction they might desire. Those two want to pretend like its the 60s where tyrannical white police departments target the black community. In 2014 thats about as dishonest a conversation as we can have. If we want an honest discussion about race, we need to start with the appalling black on black crime statistics which create the need for a large police presence in black neighborhoods. If we can do something to lower the black on black crime in this country, local communities can pull back on their police presence. Until we can be honest about the problems facing the black community, we can expect more mothers at the cemetery burying their murdered sons. No one wants such a scene but until we start having honest conversations its going to continue in massive numbers.
but...food desert!
Obuma and Holder....Not an honest bone in their bodies....and the biggest “I hate Whitey” clubbers in my lifetime.
> 93% of blacks are murdered by other blacks.
If that were true, there would be very few black folks left.
I think what he meant to say was ...
93% of murders of black people are committed by other black people.
I stopped reading right here--sorry.
Michael Brown was NOT murdered. He was killed in self defense. Murder is the wanton killing of another outside of the law, with intent.
Reactions matter.
If the black "community" which is a BS term, btw don't want police, I say grant them their wish. I am sick of it. Maybe when they see what it is like to not have cops, business, services etc, they will clean up their act. I am tired of being blamed for their mess, they made it, now they can clean it up. Only blacks can fix blacks. They need to listen to Jesse Petersen instead of Jessie Jackson, Allen West in stead of Al Sharpton, etc.
You and me both. Same exact spot, I moved on to the comments.
I don’t have time for the Leftist idiocy on display.
CSPIN had a chart that showed 92% of arrests in Ferguson were black
Of course they neglected to mention Ferguson is at least 80% black...
MSM pouring gas on the fire
Clearly, they DON’T matter.
........at least, not very much.
black lives matter.
It seems black lives only matter when they are taken by a white guy.
All lives matter.
From the unborn to the incarcerated for life, all lives matter. No matter age, race, color, creed, religion or gender.
That being said, enabling unmotivated people by constantly keeping them addicted to the government tit and taking away their motivation to succeed is not helping people live. It’s merely helping them survive. Survival in of itself does not help the soul grow.
Mother nature is an excellent motivational tool as it causes some people to get the Darwin Award or be motivated. While necessity is the mother of invention, it is was first the mother of motivation.
The Great Society has been telling inner city black men that they don’t matter for three generations.
This is the result.
The lives of black men don’t matter.
That’s not my opinion.
It’s the opinion of their supposed leaders.
If you’re a poor black woman in America, here is the welfare-created message from our govt to you: “here’s your check, stay out of our economy and society.”
If you’re a poor black male, the message is substantially different. “Get lost. Kill yourselves, go to jail, we don’t care. Your life doesn’t matter.”
That’s a fifty-year message.
That's true. And the Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. of Just Us, the race-grievance industry, and most employees of the MSM don't give a whit about white lives (except their own of course).
The FBI and other sources of homicide by law enforcement figures below include the majority of all police departments.
Whites are the most likely to die while being arrested.
The Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. Just Us and the race-grievance industry will of course exploit all shootings to the max vis-a-vis race more than any concern for the poor victim.
The ARD data show that whites are more likely to die while being arrested (and IMO there is no doubt that some of those deaths were the intention of the police).
But the main point is I bet that policemen don't care about race compared to protecting themselves from being killed or maimed.
And along with aborted black lives how come progressives don't say anything about Ms Carey the unarmed, young black woman chased, surrounded and gunned down by federal agents in D.C.? Where's the Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. of Just Us, the race-grievance industry and MSM employees caring about her and her baby?
Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables
"From 2003 through 2009, a total of 4,813 deaths were reported to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) program."
Of these, about 6 in 10 deaths (2,931) were classified as homicide by law enforcement personnel, and 4 in 10 (1,882) were attributed to other manners of death.
Table 1 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death, 2003-2009
Manner of death | 2003-2009 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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All manners | 4,813 | 627 | 673 | 689 | 721 | 745 | 629 | 729 |
Homicide by law enforcement | 2,931 | 376 | 375 | 377 | 447 | 455 | 404 | 497 |
by other persons | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Suicide | 541 | 60 | 84 | 82 | 67 | 78 | 76 | 94 |
Intoxication | 525 | 83 | 83 | 90 | 76 | 89 | 54 | 50 |
Accidental injury | 272 | 53 | 41 | 47 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 29 |
Natural causes | 244 | 26 | 46 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 33 | 31 |
Unknown | 273 | 26 | 40 | 57 | 56 | 39 | 31 | 24 |
Note: Due to variation in reporting, caution should be used in comparing counts from year to year. See Methodology for information on missing data by state for each year. Counts may differ from previous publication due to additional information.
Table 5 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death and demographic characteristics, 2003-2009
Demographic characteristics |
All manners | Homicide | Suicide | Intoxication | Accident | Natural causes | Unknown |
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Total | 4,813 | 2,958 | 541 | 525 | 272 | 244 | 273 |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 4,594 | 2,851 | 517 | 490 | 259 | 218 | 259 |
Female | 218 | 107 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 26 | 13 |
Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Race/Hispanic origin | |||||||
White, non-Hispanic | 2,026 | 1,233 | 327 | 178 | 95 | 110 | 83 |
Black, non-Hispanic | 1,529 | 937 | 80 | 217 | 111 | 85 | 99 |
Hispanic | 949 | 599 | 110 | 109 | 55 | 29 | 47 |
Other* | 150 | 107 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Unknown | 159 | 82 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 38 |
Age | |||||||
17 or younger | 127 | 99 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
18-24 | 909 | 685 | 80 | 53 | 54 | 10 | 27 |
25-34 | 1,391 | 893 | 140 | 177 | 65 | 41 | 75 |
35-44 | 1,238 | 658 | 159 | 190 | 78 | 66 | 87 |
45-54 | 752 | 390 | 105 | 84 | 45 | 75 | 53 |
55 or older | 317 | 188 | 44 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 10 |
Unknown | 79 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
To me this shows that it is not a racial thing. It happens to all races. These figures however do not show those thought "murdered" by police. I have not yet located data for recent years. Why can't I find data for recent years? I do not know.. maybe the Dept of Just Us and Race-Grievance Industry don't want it known that whites are the most likely to die being arrested.
And for those who rightfully point out that white our number blacks by at least 6-to-1 I ask to ponder these numbers
Expanded Homicide Data
Table 6 data for multiple years.
FBI Homicides Statistics
Year of Stats |
Race of Victims |
Total |
White Offenders |
Black Offenders |
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www.fbi.gov About Us CJIS UCR Crime in the U.S. Here's the links to most of the FBI tables I referenced above.
It is long past the time when facts should be made public to expose the lies and misrepresentations of the Obama-Holder demagogues and the race-grievance industry.
dude really? I think we all knew his context on the 93% comment.
True, but the indictment, had it come down, would have been for murder perhaps.
> I think we all knew his context on the 93% comment.
Yes, but language has syntax for a reason. Why give your opposition ammunition to label you as a knuckle-dragging rube that doesn’t even know the simplest rules of conveying information accurately.
The place to start would be lack of fathers. That’s the single biggest indicator of crime and poverty.
They only matter as far as they are racistic capital.
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