Posted on 08/18/2016 6:13:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
After the death of a young black man by a Milwaukee police officer, riots, looting and fires followed. In one instance, as a gas station burned, people watching chanted, "Black power!" Local news reported that the 23-year-old suspect was not only armed but that he also defied orders to drop his gun. The Milwaukee police chief refused to identify the officer involved, but did say that he was "black." At one time, such a fact would suggest that racism and police brutality were not at play.
But as the death of Freddie Gray -- a black man who died after being transported in a Baltimore police van -- shows us, not necessarily. Of the six officers involved in Gray's arrest and van transportation and who were prosecuted, three were black. In fact, just weeks before the death of Freddie Gray, a White House task force praised the Baltimore Police Department, as well as its black chief, for "implementing national best practices for policies and training" and "use of force" reforms.
In Baltimore, at the time of Gray's death, the No. 1 and No. 2 heads of the Police Department were black, and most of the command staff and rank-and-file officers are people of color. The mayor of Baltimore is also black, as are the majority of city council and the state attorney who brought the charges. Four of six officers were tried, and in each case the state failed to obtain convictions. This led to the decision to drop charges against the remaining two officers, and plans for the retrial of one of the four. Zero for six.
As to Milwaukee, a city with a population of approximately 600,000, it is 40 percent black and 37 percent non-Hispanic white. Yet of its 146 homicides last year, 84 percent of the victims were black -- and most of those were killed by other blacks. The nearly 150 murders constitute a 50 percent increase over the number of homicides just five years earlier.
The point, of course, is that killers of blacks are overwhelmingly other blacks. At 13 percent of the population, blacks commit nearly half of the nation's homicides, and almost always the victim is black. Old people tend not to kill. Nor do women and the very young. This means 3 percent of the population, black men from 15 to 44 years old, commit nearly half of the country's homicides.
The focus on the number of blacks killed by police kicked into high gear after the death of Ferguson's Michael Brown. Never mind Brown did not, as his friend at the scene initially told the police, have his hands up while supposedly telling the cop, "Don't shoot." Both the Ferguson grand jury and the U.S. Department of Justice found that many witnesses observed otherwise, and that forensic evidence showed that Brown charged the officer and attempted to wrestle the cop's gun away from him.
Facts don't matter.
It doesn't matter that over the last 47 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control, there has been an almost 75 percent decline in the number of blacks killed by cops. It doesn't matter that, compared with blacks, twice as many whites are killed by cops. It doesn't matter that, according to economist John Lott, black teens commit murder at nine times the rate of white teens. Cable news reporters seem oblivious to rates of offending. It's as if they believe that at 13 percent of the population, blacks should commit 13 percent of the crime -- or "institutional racism" must be at play. This is as silly as assuming that since non-Hispanic whites are 62 percent of the population, they should comprise 62 percent of the NBA.
The reason the Democrats beat the drum of "racism" is simple -- votes. In the case of the media, it must be ratings. But it's also something else. Our major media are run by large corporations: What's the upside for them in criticizing those who believe that racism remains a major problem in America? Telling blacks to calm down, examine the facts, that they are not victims, that racism is no longer a major problem in America and that the real problem is the breakdown of the black family -- this is not a recipe for profits. It is an invitation for protests by "activists."
A day of reckoning is coming, and I suspect it is soon. As the day of Obama’s departure approaches, I suspect these hoodlums will go “all in” with a “now or never” attitude.
This is why I started carrying. Past performance does not guarantee future results. I’m not preparing for a world like the past. I’m preparing for the future.
I work with wonderful POC folks who would not step foot into Baltimore, Milwaukee, or a place like Ferguson.
They are great family-focused, God-fearing, hard-working Americans.
Mr. Trump is correct about the decline of our inner cities being laid at the feet of liberal politics.
Obama and Democrats support Black Lives Matter and riots. This is where they are strongest. Because it is more problems for them to solve.
The Democrat Party operates like a con artist or shyster. They are like the glass repair company that goes out at night and breaks windows. First they must make sure they are the only contractor in town that can fix the broken windows. Then, they need to make sure that insurance covers the cost to the victims. Finally they can over charge for their service. What good have they done for the community? And “nobody” was directly hurt by their scheme.
This is what liberal loyalists need to be taught. Democrats are opportunists and must create problems that need to be solved but never can be. War on XYZ will always provide the compassionate and emotional device for gullible Americans (Also known as the Low Information crowd.
TODAY facts are considered Racist. Anyone making a statement of fact or an opinion formulated and based on facts, is labelled something evil (Racist, Denier, War Monger, Sexist, Homophobe, Radical, etc.)
The Civil Society in America is dead. We were warned about this and what would happen by the very founders that gave us the freedom we used to enjoy.
See mass manipulation of poor low educated folks by Soros to accelerate his agenda. For 40 plus years the elite have been “training” this lower class- black and white to avoid a decent education. The Nazis did the same and ISIS is currently a prime example of this.
If a house is not built right do not blame the house. Blame the people who designed and built it.
The goal is to destabilize the civil order, and to use the confusion to establish a new order - total control of the police by the federal government.
The lefty plan is not to force dictatorship on us:
It’s for us to come to them BEGGING for it.
Larry Elder ... love him!
When ANY perp turns and points a weapon at you - you HAVE BEEN THREATENED - and you are allowed to respond.
The perp had a semi-auto handgun - with 23 bullets ready to fire at the officer or whoever might get in their way.
NOBODY IS REQUIRED TO JUST STAND THERE AND LET THE GUY SHOOT YOU .. THAT’S JUST STUPID ..!!!
Besides, the perp has a weapon which could KILL at least 20 people. No well trained officer would allow such a person to get away .. especially after the perp was told over and over to drop the weapon. If he had dropped the weapon, he would still be alive. THE PERP CHOSE HIS OWN DEATH - BY COP.
NOT, NEVER EVER
He’s good.
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