Posted on 07/09/2021 6:37:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
In the wake of the killings of George Floyd; Daunte Wright; and Andrew Brown, Jr., which have received huge national attention in the media, it's time to establish the truth in our thinking about race and crime. How common are killings of blacks by police officers, most of them white, or, for that matter, by whites in general? And how common are killings of white police officers, and other whites, by blacks? And why is it that only the killings of blacks seem to receive extensive media attention?
The fundamental truth is that all human beings are divinely created creatures whose lives are sacred. The taking of life, except in war or self-defense, is recognized everywhere as among the worst of offenses. The murder of another person steals from him the most precious of all possessions — the chance to live out one's life on this beautiful earth. Although some persons are more intelligent, more educated, more talented, or more productive than others, all are equal in their right to life. The passing of any one of us deserves to be reported with appropriate respect and dignity.
That is not what is happening in the national media, where one's race now seems to determine the amount and angle of coverage. It's as if the press believes that respectable whites and Asians are expendable while a black criminal who dies while resisting or fleeing arrest should be treated like a saint. At the very least, the press should be honest in reporting the facts.
The fact is that far more whites are killed each year in America by blacks than are blacks by whites.
In one recent FBI report, 500 whites overall were killed by blacks (in 2015),
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You don’t even have to say “All Lives Matter”, just say “All Black Lives Matter”, and that’s enough to tweak the Left.
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