Posted on 08/16/2016 5:57:13 AM PDT by reaganaut1
What happens when a city combines body cameras, a “model” law requiring independent investigations of police shootings, and a police chief so committed to reforming the way cops interact with the black community that he’s profiled on public radio’s immensely popular program This American Life? What happens in that same city when a black cop shoots an armed black suspect toting a stolen gun — a gun the suspect reportedly refused to put on the ground despite repeated commands? Do the legal reforms increase community trust? Or does the city erupt in riots and violence?
If you chose “riots and violence,” you’re correct. That’s exactly what happened in Milwaukee this weekend in response to the police shooting of Sylville Smith. Police pulled Smith over on Saturday afternoon, he fled from the scene, and police gave chase. Smith was carrying a stolen handgun. An officer with six years’ experience caught Smith, reportedly ordered him to drop the gun, and opened fire when Smith failed to comply, shooting him the in the chest and arm. Smith died.
According to police, the shooting was caught on camera. (The footage has not yet been released.) But rather than wait for the evidence or for any semblance of an investigation, hundreds of Milwaukee residents rioted, burning police cars, looting stores, and attacking police. Indeed, to listen to some of the protesters and political leaders, the shooting was merely the excuse for the riot, not the justification. Here’s one protester telling reporters that riots are happening because “rich people, they got all this money, and they not . . . trying to give us none.”
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Obama’s Marxist chickens coming home to roost.
Just wait’ll this winter. They’re just getting warmed up. When the days of The Won are VERY numbered, this is going to get very interesting.
Those blacks who would destroy rather than build, commit robbery, mayhem and murder...those black lives don’t matter at all.
“.......riots are happening because “rich people, they got all this money, and they not . . . trying to give us none.”.........
That statement tells you all you need to know about street rat mentality, the mentality of a “slug”. Street Rats have no clue why or how those “rich people” got their money, just that they, the “rats”, want it. No, the “rats” listen to odumbo who tells them that the “rich people” didn’t get that money by hard work but instead, someone else built their businesses or gave them the money and thus the entitled “gibsmedats” want their share.
Some folks just have no sense of humor.
No matter who wins the election, it’s gonna be whitey, yo.
There are many roots to the problem. Two of them are
1. Low IQ
2. Poor impulse control.
I’m not sure how closely linked these are. Very little can be done to raise IQ, but perhaps the schools could make an effort to teach impulse control. (Poor impulse control is at the root of most violent behavior, gambling, drugs, and other addictions.)
No matter who wins the election, it’s gonna be whitey, yo.
I didn’t worry about this sort of thing for six decades, but times change. This is not the country of my fathers, forefathers, or the constitution. It is a different place. It requires different sensibilities.
And the firebreak’s name is TRUMP, Mr. French.
Smart choices MrD.
The nevertrumpers need to realize this will only get worse under Hillary!
Glenn Beck approves.
My farm in the boonies is looking better and better...
black lives matter is an Obama/DoJ sponsored, supported, and directed political-action group
They are Obama’s red guards.
The cucks such as French are as much to blame as Obama. Their virtue signaling of white guilt is only gas on the fire.
David French... Hmm. Rings a bell, but I can’t quite put my finger on it...
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