Posted on 10/12/2020 10:53:59 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Over 20 years ago I was a criminal. I used to listen to NWAs rap song F**k The Police. But a few weeks ago, I spoke at a Back the Blue rally where I led a new chant, Bless the Police. Defunding police isnt just a stupid idea, its a deadly one, particularly for blacks.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar, Lebron James, owes blacks and cops an apology for endangering our lives. Unlike NBA legends Charles Barkley and Shaquille ONeal, who had the courage to speak about the importance of policing black communities, Lebrons propaganda about systemic police racism is sentencing young black men to death. Its easy to bash cops when you live in the safest and most luxurious neighborhoods money can buy. Lebron was a millionaire before graduating high school! Hes isolated from the real world.
Cops are ordained by God. Romans 13:3-4 (NIV) says For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is Gods servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are Gods servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
Lebron is a coward. Thats why he never accepted L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanuevas challenge to match the reward for information leading to the capture of Deonte Lee Murray, who attempted to execute two Los Angeles Sheriff Deputies (LASD) in Compton, California on September 12. Had he matched the reward, Black Lives Matter (BLM) sympathizers wouldve disowned him. Instead of risking his brand, credibility and his ghetto pass, he remained silent, essentially condoning the shooting.
Today, it doesnt take courage for professional athletes to disrespect our flag and National Anthem by kneeling, or to protest cops. It takes courage to acknowledge real issues plaguing black neighborhoods that dont involve external factors, including police brutality. Cops arent to blame for fatherless homes, drug abuse, gang violence, black-on-black crime, incompetent government schools, poverty and joblessness, high abortion rates or the victimhood mentality that keeps some blacks from reaching their God-given potential. Cops simply respond to 911 calls when victims call.
It shouldnt surprise anyone when they use force to subdue a noncompliant suspect. Had Jacob Blake complied with officers, hed be walking today. Likewise, if Breonna Taylors boyfriend had not shot at the cops first, shed be alive today.
Stop blaming white boogeymen for black problems! Too many young black men grow up without positive father figures at home. If they dont receive the affirmation needed from a dad, theyll find it on the streets. Often times, cops are the first authority figures they meet that refuse to tolerate their bad behavior. But by then its too late to turn some of these kids around.
Remember the Ferguson effect? It began in Ferguson, Missouri when the media portrayed a black thug, Michael Brown, as a black hero. Brown was shot and killed by then-Officer Darren Wilson, after robbing a liquor store, assaulting the store clerk, resisting arrest, and attacking and attempting to kill Officer Wilson with his own firearm. The media spun the incident as a White cop kills an unarmed black man. Riots and looting broke out in the streets and the Hands Up, Dont Shoot lie began.
Once the media milked that narrative for all it was worth, they packed their bags and left. The black residents left behind suffered the consequences of their reckless reporting. Cops began pulling back from black neighborhoods for fear that their reputations and careers would be destroyed too. They didnt stop doing their jobs, but they became hesitant and less proactive in minority communities.
A black Harvard economist and researcher by the name of Roland Fryer, discovered more blacks die by homicides and felonies when cops withdraw from black neighborhoods after high-profile, police brutality protests. He concluded that a thousand more black lives were lost by homicide post the Ferguson riots.
Likewise, Minneapolis residents are experiencing increased felonies after the George Floyd lie sparked riots, so is Baltimore after the lie that cops murdered Freddie Gray. It also happened in Chicago after a cop killed Laquan McDonald.
For those of us that look like Lebron, but cant live like Lebron, perpetuating the myth that systemic police racism exist is deadly. Here are the facts:
There are approximately 666,000 cops in the U.S. There are approximately 55 million cop-civilian interactions annually. Of that massive number, 1,000 cop-civilian interactions end with cops fatally shooting a dangerous suspect. Of those 1,000 interactions where police use deadly force, 500 whites were killed by cops last year, compared to 250 blacks. Of the 500 whites shot and killed by cops, 18 were considered unarmed and nine blacks were considered unarmed. To be clear, unarmed does not mean the suspect was not violent or a weapon wasnt within reach. Furthermore, despite comprising only 13 percent of Americas population, blacks commit approximately 50 percent of the nations homicides and sixty percent of all robberies. Considering those facts, cops show amazing restraint with black suspects.
When asked, blacks want more policing in their neighborhoods, not less. Additionally, they want police reform and more de-escalation training. However, most Blacks understand that police have a difficult job where split-second life and death decisions are made regardless of a suspects race. As a survivor of two violent crimes myself, I assure you, when youre defending yourself and your adrenaline is pumping, race isnt on your mind.
Sports used to be a ministry that united all Americans. The only colors that mattered were team colors. Today, the social justice warriors that naively believe theyre helping blacks, are dividing and killing us.
In principle all of them, though most will survive.
The numbers are even more stark, of course, if you focus just on black men—and on young black men in particular.
Thanks for posting this reality!
“Lebron was a millionaire before graduating high school! Hes isolated from the real world. “
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I’ve been by LeBron’s house in Bath Ohio twice. Both times there was a police car out front.
And add to the numbers above:
How many young men and boys of any color have been assaulted or even killed by Young Black Men because they were wearing overpriced shoes with lebron’s name on them and someone wanted them?
but the police chief couldn't figure out why there's an increase in murders....just scratching his head.
Bfl
Black Lives Matter is an overwhelmingly white organization, with young, dumb white leftists to do the rioting, older white leftists to do the funding, and a few rich, black celebrities like Lebron James to fill the “useful idiot we’ll have represent us to the public” role.
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