Angela West: Am I “Acting White” by asking why black people are looting their own neighborhood?

Allen West ^ | 8-12-2014 | Angela Graham-West

[tcrlaf]

Would I be “acting white” if I asked why in God’s name are black people looting and destroying their own neighborhood in St. Louis? Would I be a sell-out if I asked why stealing all the tennis shoes from a sporting goods store would make a point for justice for a young man who was killed allegedly by a cop?

Would I be an “Uncle Tom” if I asked why burning a gas station, breaking into at least one convenience store, including a check-cashing store, a boutique, a small grocery store, a sporting goods store, a cellphone retailer, a tire store and a Wal-Mart would make things better? Would I be behaving stupidly when I told you that between 20 to 25 Walmart employees took shelter inside their store Sunday night as rioting and looting ran rampant in the area around them?

Would it be wrong to ask why people carted away goods from several of the stores, even as police moved in? These are stores located ] in this area — often at their own peril. These proprietors — small business owners — often live in the area or darn near close to it. Neighbors stealing from neighbors…shamelessly destroying their neighbor’s property as though they were released from bondage in order to pillage and plunder.

Police were having a difficult time catching the looters because crimes were happening at several locations. And it all started with a peaceful protest.

[DoughtyOne]

That works for me. I am amazed at what some states and cities are allowing, or playing into.

[DoughtyOne]

I know that officers are not supposed to lose their cool, but I will say that a guy taking your weapon and firing it, that certainly wouldn’t be on my list of forgivable activity.

Makes you wonder how many witnesses there were, whose friends they were, an how much they coordinated their stories, or their friends and families did.