Posted on 08/26/2020 7:31:17 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake, blasted rioters who have caused substantial violence and riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week after her 29-year-old son was shot by police during an attempted arrest, saying that she is disgusted by their behavior.
My family and I are very hurt and quite frankly disgusted, Jackson told CNNs Don Lemon. And as his mother, please dont burn up property and cause havoc and tear your own homes down in my sons name. You shouldnt do it. People shouldnt do it anyway, but to use my child or any other mother or fathers child, our tragedy to react in that manner is just not acceptable. And its not helping Jacob. Its not helping Jacob or any other of the men or women who has suffered in these areas.
Later, when asked if she had anything that she wanted to say to any elected officials, Jackson said, For our President Trump, first I want to say a family member and I dont know if it was heard or not said something that was not kind. She is hurting and I do apologize for that. Our outburst does not reflect our behavior. And also, for President Trump, Im sorry I missed your call because had I not missed your call, maybe the comments that you made would have been different. And Im not mad at you at all. I have the utmost respect for you as the leader of our country. Like I said before, and Im not saying this to him directly, we should always get the details from the right source before we start throwing bricks.
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Did Lemon’s head explode when she said that?
Holycarp!
pesky little details (heresay??):
“REAKING: the media narrative is already falling apart. Jacob Blake was not “breaking up a fight” (I told you from the start that was BS). A woman called 911 to report that he was at her house and shouldn’t be. He stole her keys. Cops responding were aware of his warrants.”
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1298622960467615745
She displayed uncommon grace. I’m sure she did everything in her power to raise her son the right way. Sometimes that isn’t even enough.
Unfortunately these days it happens too many times...culture and all
Absolutely!
You are so right.
Prayers for this family and for all who are hurting there in Wisconsin today.
My guess is Lemon was trying to set her up to attack Trump, perhaps for being a racist. But the “Trump is a racist” meme is fading, and she didn’t buy into it.
My guess is she is busy with funeral arraignments.
Raises the question, where's Dad?
I hope the President calls her back. She clearly wants to talk to him and his kindness towards her could go a long way to help this whole situation.
Help?
No, the left simply used the one event as an excuse to continue the effort to incite violence and overthrow the US Govt.
This event now might be the beginning of armed conflict by the people of this community, and then spreading.
The peaceful population has come to realize that the only way to protect their communities is to bear arms and stand up for their rights.
Going to be very interesting to see what happens tonight. I suspect that a lot more armed patriots will show up...along with an armed group of rioters.
Trump needs to jump on this TODAY!!!!!! NOW!!!! Please someone if you know anyone close to the president please tell him to address this RIGHT AWAY NOT TOMORROW BUT NOW TODAY!! TIMING IS.EVERYTHING! Might save a life!!!
My guess is that she would be very insulted if the media tried to make a circus of the funeral, much like the George Floyd spectacle. Yes we
Well, she still has to make the arraignments. Funeral home, clothing, casket, service, etc.
I agree with you about her class, but as to her loss - why are you burying her son when he's not dead?
Why would she arrange a funeral? He's not dead.
President Trump attempted to call her? She missed the call or refused the call at the time due to shock/grief?
Either way, I respect her statement and her grief as a mother.
God bless her family and given them comfort in this time. And, thanks for speaking out! Yes, when we all see these incidents, we are troubled & discouraged, but it is not Trump telling anybody to go after blacks or Latinos, etc. We do need to clean up our police depts, but who wants to work in them these days with all the ambushes of officers, false or misleading addresses being given out and people calling the police in matters that really don’t require police interference. It is a recipe for disaster.
I support the Blue, but they need more off time to get therapy and counseling, and to have their own family time. Those who show a propensity towards racism need to be taken off the force, or placed in desk jobs only! The police commissioner needs to stand up to the unions and demand that police who’ve had issues in the past with racial or unnecessary force situations cannot be allowed to go out into areas where the likelihood of unnecessary force is used. If they have a quick temper, then they need to stay back at the station. I’ve known some who like to provoke a fight. They don’t need to be on the force. I know that is only a few, but that’s where the unions need to find another job placement...even if it means relocation to a small town. This is what they do in a lot of other union-controlled industries.
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