The guilty police
Some of the recent furor over some of the incidents in which black people have died at the hands of police is understandable. The death of Eric Garner was a situation in which it is not a stretch to say that police may have been at fault, and the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice pointing a BB gun that looked like a semiautomatic weapon at people was likewise a complex and controversial judgment call.
But the continuing outrage at the death of Michael Brown, who was clearly attacking a police officer, and the recent shooting death of a Berkeley Missouri man who was pointing a very real gun at a policeman, indicates that at this point there may be no killing of a black person by police that would be acknowledged to be justified by a certain segment composed of leftists and many black activists.
To them, there is literally no behavior by a black person that would justify police self-defense. Police are defined as racist and abusive until proven innocent, and the bar to proving innocence is extraordinarily high and perhaps even insurmountable. Have we gotten to the point where all perps are innocents, and police are expected to be willing to die as sacrifices to avoid even the barest possible whisper or accusation of racism?
It is strangely similar to the situation we have arrived at with President Obama, in the sense that there now appears to be practically nothing Obama could do that would lead to impeachment, or even to the black community (or liberals) turning on him. The rejoinder towards his critics is always racism, and Obama himself has encouraged this from the very start.
It is, to say the least, an over-correction.
I saw a relevant observation which was, I believe, over at Ace of Spades. The author (Weird Dave?) called these “stories of choice.” In other words, in a country of 300 plus million people, bad and untoward things happen every day and are always there for reportage.
Of course, he’s correct. It drives home the point of his observation that these stories are specifically chosen for report by people with an agenda to drive making specific untoward events appear to be the rule rather than an exception to it.
Because t’s not fundamentally or ultimately about the 4 corners of the individual or the issue; it’s about the social movement. Cultural Marxism. Activist game.
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Have we gotten to the point where all perps are innocents, and police are expected to be willing to die as sacrifices to avoid even the barest possible whisper or accusation of racism?
There are those that dream of this. They should be careful what they wish for. It is as much a fantasy as a world with no want and no violence. Those that love the felons that prey on us are reduced to this kind of hope.
This is their high tide. They will attempt to maximize their perceived advantage as far as possible. Michael Brown is simply another point of leverage. As with campus rape, the facts and statistics do not matter. The random dead police officer or ruined young man is a small price to pay for social justice, to these.
“Have we gotten to the point where all perps are innocents, and police are expected to be willing to die as sacrifices to avoid even the barest possible whisper or accusation of racism?”
No, nor is it likely IMO that the police will ever be willing to sacrifice themselves.
We are at the point however where the proliferation of the NYPD’s reaction of greatly reduced arrests is likely;
It will not stop there however for greatly reduced arrests will result in higher crime, even more of an ‘us vs them’ mindset and avoidance by the police of areas where arrests have become ‘counterproductive’ for a cop’s job security.
Europe is ahead of us in this;
“European ‘No-Go’ Zones for Non-Muslims Proliferating”
“France is considering declaring Marseilles, its second largest city, a ‘NO-GO’ Zone due, primarily, to rampant Muslim violence.”
America already has its first no-go zone;
“Dearborn No-Go Zone: Where Islam Rules and Christians Are Stoned”
Given American urban center’s liberality, it’s just a matter of time till blacks create their own no-go zones.
“Stories of choice” – yes, and I do wonder at those which are picked, and trumpeted at top decibels for weeks and months, while others – just as tragic, or unfortunate, merit hardly any mention.
With regard to Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown – I have marveled that those two were the most victimy victims that they could come up with, when it came to black kids being gunned down in the street, either by white cops, or a Hispanic with an Anglo name, or even just another black kid – a pair of violence-prone wanna-be-thugs with juvenile records practically as long as your arm is the best that the social justice warriors can come up with? Really? Are there no choirboys in the ‘hood – good kids with high GPS and National Honor Society membership, with promising lives unfortunately cut short? I know they first put that meme out with Trayvon Martin, and it took a good few months to collapse entirely, but with Michael Brown, as soon as the video of him strong-arm robbing the corner store, the ‘innocent and gentle lad’ meme folded like a wet paper bag.
Sgt Mom,
It’s not just reporting negative stores instead of positive stories, it’s which kind of negative storties are chosen to drive the agenda. Black on black murder is not a story, white on black assault is, white on black killing even more so, and again, even more so if the white is a police officer or a concealed carry permitee.
Geoffrey Britain’s comment reminds me of the idea behind (IIRC) “Escape From New York”: it’s a hellhole walled off like a prison to keep the bad people in. Do they want to live in/with crime, ot do they want to save their children and themselves?
Of course there are bad cops, just as there are bad doctors, and bad whatevers; but the highest level of badness is found within the political overlords, the courts, and the msm. Of the incidents currently in the news, only the Garner incident invovles what I consider an injustice.
The injustice is easily traced to the flapping lips of those who desire big government and the necessary hunger for tax revenues to fund big government. Garner was stupid to resist arrest, but the law that required his arrest was not merely stupid, it was evil.
No fan of unions I, but there is a point beyond economics where the Police Unions represent the cops. I’ve never figured out what drives white cops to try to bring civilization to the black neighborhoods. Self-preservation will end that. Cops will soon decide to no longer go into the black neighborhoods. They will be fired. I would think that unions nationwide could create a fund to provide for the families of the cops who get fired. I think a lot of Americans would donate to that cause. I would.
Imagine a society where the right to keep and bear arms was held in honor. A society where it was obvious that 10-20-50-70 perecent of those you observed in public were openly carrying arms. In such a society would crime rates grow or plunge? If you do not know the answer you should automatically be barred from voting until death.
What percent of the US population even know of Sgt. Kizzy Adoni at the Garner arrest? I would also like to know if she was the highest ranking member of the force present that day and at what point did she arrive on scene? Was she in charge?
“I would also like to know if she was the highest ranking member of the force present that day and at what point did she arrive on scene? Was she in charge?”
Definitely in charge, therefore highest ranking should be presumed. I don’t know when she showed, but she was on hand to supervise the mini-melee.
Couiple of items:
Who played Kizzi on Roots? Was she a performer on the old Mitch Miller show?
Neo’s question presumes the people making the charges actually believe them. What if they know better but hope others don’t? That would change the presumed dynamic of their actions and desired results.
A blog–from which I am banned from commenting–has been getting the Trayvon Martin story wrong from the get-go and never changes. Every time somebody writes on the subject, Zimmerman stalked and killed an innocent child. I presume that the lack of corrections in the comment section is the result of banning more people than I.
I emailed the proprietor and asked what they think of that part of their readership which knows better. Didn’t hear back, of course.
Many of their contributors sound like the wishful- thinking -must -become- reality chapter of a bunch of sociology undergrads high on something. Yet, to follow them is to see that the proprietors are actually grown ups. IOW, know better.
It should be said they also get Brown and Garner wrong. And, by this time, it can’t be ignorance.
“Black is beautiful”
“Some animals are more equal than others”
“It will not stop there however for greatly reduced arrests will result in higher crime, even more of an ‘us vs them’ mindset and avoidance by the police of areas where arrests have become ‘counterproductive’ for a cop’s job security.”
I fully expect the police of the inner cities to double down on their own security, second guess themselves, and wait for backup. All this consumes precious time and delays of emergency services. The adage “when seconds count, the police are minutes away” can be altered to “many minutes away” if you live in an iffy neighborhood. I don’t personally fear this in my community where police have next to nothing to fear. As is per usual, it is the poor people who will suffer, and possibly die, due to decreased, slower services, not the trust fund “activists” in their gated/safe neighborhoods or high security buildings.
Lest we forget, this is mostly theater for the “Grubs”, and there are a lot of them.
It’s the Rodney King narrative. Rodney King was driving thru LA minding his own business when he was stopped and beat up by some racist white cops for no reason.
There are two strategic reasons the Left initiates these public social justice crusades.
1. Profit to fund themselves and keep their war assets maintained
2. A power play
http://www.voxday.blogspot.com/2014/12/sometimes-there-are-no-good-guys.html
Gardner’s incident would normally not be picked up, because Sharpton and Jackson always base their priorities on how easily manipulated the grieving families are and how easy it is to get lawyers to give them the greed selling line for law suits.
I don’t know if his family is atypical or if the situation has morphed to the point where propaganda mobs are congregating without respect to who actually started the entire battle.
Regardless of what problems crop up in the black tribal areas, the strategic consequences of allowing the Left to conquer professions like the medical and police sections of society, hence creating problems that requires more power be given to the Left, should be obvious by now.
People want to pick a side, but strategic clear sight is not about picking sides.
One propaganda poster said that if you point a gun at the police, you get shot and killed, which is the natural way of things and how it should work, right? Except when the SWAT busts in the wrong house and the resident points a gun at the home invaders, guess what actually happens? And that’s what has already happened.
People are basically being manipulated into backing one side over the other, not realizing that there are higher level plans in motion.
Hitler murdered 6 million Jews, and 6 million others… nothing he could do got his people to turn from him and his socialism… eh?
yesterday was the anniversary of the soviet revolution…
read the details as to the penchant for befriending criminals who then are tagged as the brutal class to put the rest of the population in line. they released criminals, appointed them to office, and more.
but who is mentioning the linkage to this detail
in the old society, they had no place, in the new one, they become the social soldiers of the new order.
Bill Burr
White Guilt and Racist Movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LyqBb6HBSk
Movies Where Black and White People Get Along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GJpSSIWV0
and not funny
White Privilege: The New Frontier of White Guilt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qk9R3u0r00
Thomas Sowell Dismantles Feminism and Racialism in under 5 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sGn6PdmIo
I actually heard someone express happiness that the “police are now afraid”. This, after two were shot in NYC. I just shuddered when I read this, a comment in social media from an otherwise bright and decent person. But leftist ideology really brainwashes people out and away from their own best interests. I mean, if the police * are * or become afraid, it will do none of us any good – least of all black people in bad areas of the city. I mean, my friend forgets that black people in those places will suffer the most because the police are protecting them against criminal elements in their worst neighborhoods. But that’s not what is being put out by the media, and – worst of all, our own government. I don’t ever remember an Attorney General or a President who sympathized so little with the police and what they have to do. Theirs is a really grim job. They rub up against the very worst of humanity. But, yes, they are not getting that crucial support from higher-ups.
I agree that Eric Garner and Tamir Rice are deaths where there was more likely to have been negligence on the part of the police, and certainly from what I know about Garner — possibly more could have been done to hold the officer responsible or to prevent it. But Brown? No. It is insane that anyone even protested at all on his behalf. His death was tragic but he brought it on by his actions.
The left does have this romance with criminality and with black criminals in particular. It has been going on for some time and does black people no good at all. Quite the opposite.
I’m surprised no mention has been made of the DC police and or SS executing a black woman because she was trying to back away from a concrete barricade, to escape with her child.
Or perhaps the applause from DC’s ruling cabal has made Americans conveniently forget that little incidence, along with Ruby Ridge and WACO, yes?
Let me google that for those that have had their memories wiped on this incident.
http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/10/04/obama-bodyguards-dc-cops-gunned-down-unarmed-black-woman-where-is-al-sharpton/
Where exactly were the “police authorities are protecting us” crowd pleasers at during this? Or do they only show up when Sharpton shows up.
I find it hard to take serious the Police Authorities are super folks, when they so easily obey the MSewerMedia. People who can’t think for themselves, deserve nothing but the boot of the Democrat totalitarian heel.