Posted on 08/26/2014 1:21:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
WASHINGTON -- To be young, male and black in America means not being allowed to make mistakes. Forgetting this, as we've seen so many times, can be fatal.
The case of Michael Brown, who was laid to rest Monday, is anomalous only in that it is so extreme: an unarmed black teenager riddled with bullets by a white police officer in a community plagued by racial tension.
African-Americans make up 67 percent of the population of Ferguson, Mo., but there are just four black officers on the 53-member police force -- which responded to peaceful demonstrations by rolling out military-surplus armored vehicles and firing tear gas. It is easy to understand how Brown and his peers might see the police not as public servants but as troops in an army of occupation.
And yes, Brown made mistakes. He was walking in the middle of the street rather than on the sidewalk, according to witnesses, and he was carrying a box of cigars that he apparently took from a convenience store. Neither is a capital offense.
When Officer Darren Wilson stopped him, did Brown respond with puffed-up attitude? For a young black man, that is a transgression punishable by death.
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Only four blacks on the police force? I doubt it is racism. It is probably that most blacks in the area cannot pass the process because of their education and previous criminal background. Look at the rioters that looted up Ferguson, most of them were of the age they could be police officers and had the physical qualifications but I doubt they could pass the qualifications. The actions by many of them demonstrate they are not qualified to be policemen or women. Affirmative action means that someone is being forced to hire lesser qualified applicants that lack intelligence and ethics.
Mr. Robinson needs some diversity training!
Scene From Movie Barbershop - “Rodney King should have got his ass beat . . . OJ did it . . . F**k Jesse Jackson.”
http://movieclips.com/s3TVq-barbershop-movie-rosa-parks-rodney-king-and-jesse-jackson/
A great article pointing out the rigid conformity of black culture -
http://takimag.com/article/the_real_black_sheep_kathy_shaidle#axzz3BWxwl0RV
Because most black officers from around the St. Louis area don't want to work in North St. Louis/Ferguson.
It's too dangerous.
Those 'mistakes' are what the rest of us call 'crimes'.
So, is Eugene related to Michelle Obama(ne Robinson) ?
It wasn’t walking in the street that was the problem, nor stealing the cigars ... it was what happened between Brown and the officer.
Did Brown shove him into the police car? You can almost imagine it as you watch Brown shove the store owner into a display. Almost as though “shoving” is a part of Brown’s repertoire.
Did Brown turn around and bum-rush the officer? A few witnesses have said yes.
BTW, even white people can’t get away with those things.
I wonder if Eugene Robinson bothered to ask the law abiding folks that Brown came in contact with how they viewed Brown and his peers over the past year, uh, 13 months?
I wonder if Eugene Robinson bothered to ask the law abiding folks that Brown came in contact with how they viewed Brown and his peers over the past year, uh, 13 months?
I wonder what the pay is for a Ferguson police officer?
Keeping in mind its a small town with normal budget restraints, and that 2/3 of the population is black, and black officers are on the priority affirmative action hiring list for better paying jobs elsewhere, and a whole host of other valid concerns...
Its a wonder there are ANY police officers willing to work in that hell-hole.
Beating an armed cop and trying to take away his gun, and then coming back at him yelling “You won’t shoot me” seems to be outside the range of what I personally would describe as a “mistake”. But that’s just me.
Shut your whiney pie-hole Robinson!
He sure as hell ain’t related to Jim.
(I think)
lolol
Young black men like Michael Brown are raised and conditioned to believe they can get away with all kinds of bad behavior, misleadingly referred to as “mistakes.” Michael got caught in bad behavior, and he reacted violently. It got him killed, and rightfully so.
Of course, his death has been used as an occasion for more black youth like Michael to have more bad behavior. Many of them have gotten away with the looting and violence, but when they run into their just rewards, some black apologist will pretend they can’t get away with mistakes.
A sentence that should be repeated often.
most police agencies now require a college degree .
I heard Megyn Kelly last night talking about how whites are privileged .
She had her so called facts like blacks are born into poorer areas 4 times more thanwhites.
Well how about having parents tell their kids to do something with their life instead of blaming others and that stat would exist.
Blacks go to prison more, well how about who commits the crime goes to prison.
Blacks get stopped more, how about if they are breaking traffic laws or acting suspiciously and have been seen doing a drugs deal.
Megyn Kelly might have grown up to a nice mother and father who paid her college and fees , but not all of us have had her nice lifestyle, and many of us have lived in areas she would never dream of visiting let alone life
An AA degree?
An AA degree?
Well, I guess if his idea of a “mistake” is stealing smokes from a low end liquor store and beating up an elderly Pakistani clerk about a third your size and then trying to smash in the head of a cop who was actually stopping you for something else ... I guess that’s true, and whites couldn’t make that “mistake” either.
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