As if things haven't been crazy enough with the Dontre Hamilton protests. Now one of the Chief Instigators in all of the race issues is coming to town to help stir it up more
It is the people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Pres. Obama and AG Holder strive to keep the race debate alive and going.
The amazing part is that all of this may be getting you air time on the news, but doesn't appear to be helping their cause.
Creating problems for the community and fellow citizens do not help in advancing the cause. It creates more divisiveness and forces people to pick sides. It is understandable that they disagree with the findings of the District Attorney, however going after the Police Officer instead of the system is not helping.
Friday, January 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
The President Claims Race Relations are Better, Are They?
It would appear that Race Relations in the Country have taken a massive step back over the last several months. The President claims they have gotten better, but have they?
Protests have erupted around the Country over deaths of Black Men at the hands of White Cops. The actual facts of all of these cases have seemed to become irrelevant and in every instance it has become a conversation about race. Did race really play a role in any of these cases? You could make an argument that since it was White Officers and Black Men that yes race did play a role.
The narrative has been that it was the White Officers at fault in each of these cases. I would argue that there is a great fault in that thinking. The evidence in these cases have shown that the actions of the Officers, be them White or Not, was justified.
How about we take a different and not so popular look at these cases. What if the Black Offenders would have been approached by Black Officers? Would Mike Brown have attacked the Officer? Would Mike Brown have escalated the situation? Was race at issue because Mike Brown was dealing with a White Cop?
In Milwaukee the narrative has been about the Mental Illness of Dontre Hamilton in the Police Shooting that killed Mr. Hamilton. It is tragic that this situation cost a man his life. However you have to look at the situation. How was the Officer to know that Mr. Hamilton had a Mental Illness? Does the Mental Illness excuse the actions of Mr. Hamilton beating the Police Officer? What was the Officer expected to do?
The President, Attorney General and Mayor of NY claim that the Police handle these situations differently in the Black Community.
A majority of the Crime in Milwaukee is in an area that is predominately black. 85% of Homicide arrests are of Black People. 78% of the Homicide Victims are Black.
Wouldn't this tend to support the Police handling things differently in the Black Community. If a majority of the crime is there, then you expect the Police to be more aggressive in that area.
This isn't about race, it is about crime.
If you listen to the narrative coming out of all of these protests, Police Officers patrolling the Black communities should also be Black so that we can take race out of the equation. Is that how we solve the race issue? We should also stop the aggressive Police activity in the High Crime areas. I also guess that the actions of a criminal don't seem to matter.
It amazes me that every night on the nightly news we hear about all the killings. We hear about kids being killed in the cross fire or from shots that are just fired at houses indiscriminately. Don't see protests or the level of outrage that we have seen over the deaths that involve Police Officers. Maybe if we as a community would stand up and not tolerate these thugs and criminals we would see a dramatic stop to the crime and killings. If we didn't allow people who have a long list of criminal offenses back out on the streets for yet another chance, we would have all this crime.
This isn't a problem the Police can solve until we as a people stand up and say no more. A criminal is a criminal. If they break the law then they pay the price. If the law is a silly law, it isn't the Police at fault, it is the Politicians who pass said laws. We can't let a criminal become the victim, when you put yourself in that situation then you have to expect bad things can and will happen. We have all to often tried to give chance after chance to criminals until something bad happens then we blame the system. The system is US!!!!
This isn't about Race. Black Lives Matter, White Lives Matter, ALL LIVES MATTER!!! It isn't about race.
Protests have erupted around the Country over deaths of Black Men at the hands of White Cops. The actual facts of all of these cases have seemed to become irrelevant and in every instance it has become a conversation about race. Did race really play a role in any of these cases? You could make an argument that since it was White Officers and Black Men that yes race did play a role.
The narrative has been that it was the White Officers at fault in each of these cases. I would argue that there is a great fault in that thinking. The evidence in these cases have shown that the actions of the Officers, be them White or Not, was justified.
How about we take a different and not so popular look at these cases. What if the Black Offenders would have been approached by Black Officers? Would Mike Brown have attacked the Officer? Would Mike Brown have escalated the situation? Was race at issue because Mike Brown was dealing with a White Cop?
In Milwaukee the narrative has been about the Mental Illness of Dontre Hamilton in the Police Shooting that killed Mr. Hamilton. It is tragic that this situation cost a man his life. However you have to look at the situation. How was the Officer to know that Mr. Hamilton had a Mental Illness? Does the Mental Illness excuse the actions of Mr. Hamilton beating the Police Officer? What was the Officer expected to do?
The President, Attorney General and Mayor of NY claim that the Police handle these situations differently in the Black Community.
A majority of the Crime in Milwaukee is in an area that is predominately black. 85% of Homicide arrests are of Black People. 78% of the Homicide Victims are Black.
Wouldn't this tend to support the Police handling things differently in the Black Community. If a majority of the crime is there, then you expect the Police to be more aggressive in that area.
This isn't about race, it is about crime.
If you listen to the narrative coming out of all of these protests, Police Officers patrolling the Black communities should also be Black so that we can take race out of the equation. Is that how we solve the race issue? We should also stop the aggressive Police activity in the High Crime areas. I also guess that the actions of a criminal don't seem to matter.
It amazes me that every night on the nightly news we hear about all the killings. We hear about kids being killed in the cross fire or from shots that are just fired at houses indiscriminately. Don't see protests or the level of outrage that we have seen over the deaths that involve Police Officers. Maybe if we as a community would stand up and not tolerate these thugs and criminals we would see a dramatic stop to the crime and killings. If we didn't allow people who have a long list of criminal offenses back out on the streets for yet another chance, we would have all this crime.
This isn't a problem the Police can solve until we as a people stand up and say no more. A criminal is a criminal. If they break the law then they pay the price. If the law is a silly law, it isn't the Police at fault, it is the Politicians who pass said laws. We can't let a criminal become the victim, when you put yourself in that situation then you have to expect bad things can and will happen. We have all to often tried to give chance after chance to criminals until something bad happens then we blame the system. The system is US!!!!
This isn't about Race. Black Lives Matter, White Lives Matter, ALL LIVES MATTER!!! It isn't about race.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Cops Feel Attacked by President and Attorney General
The perception has been there from the beginning that the President and the Attorney General were lining up with the protestors to attack local Law Enforcement officials in the race heated debate over the last couple of months.
Here is the NYC Police Commisioner's take on it.
FOX News:
Here is the NYC Police Commisioner's take on it.
FOX News:
Cops on the beat and their bosses believe they are under attack from President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, New York City’s police commissioner said Sunday.
Commissioner William Bratton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the president and the attorney general have to see why police have the anxieties and perceptions they have as law enforcement grapples with the fallout from the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases.
“They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they’re under attack from the federal government at the highest levels,” Bratton said. “So that’s something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality.”
He added, “We have a lot of talking we’re going to have to do here to understand all sides of this issue. This is not a one-sided issue.”
On the program the commissioner also said the rift between New York City cops and Mayor Bill de Blasio is going to take a lot more time to heal.
“However we will be making an effort to sit down and talk with the (police) union leaders, in particular, to deal with their issues,” Bratton said.
On CBS’ “Face the Nation” Bratton criticized his officers for turning their backs on de Blasio Saturday as the mayor eulogized fallen police officer Rafael Ramos. Hundreds of police officers standing outside the church where Ramos was being laid to rest turned away from TV screens showing de Blasio as he delivered his eulogy.
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