Roundup on Ebola
There are so many articles of interest on the subject of Ebola that I think I’ll just do a roundup: My guess is that the suspected Ebola case in DC will turn out to be a false alarm, if the … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Race and racism
Africa: cry, the beloved continent
Africa is a beautiful place, they say. The cradle of humankind, mecca for animal lovers, exotic and wild, with spectacular scenery. Ridden with disease, violence, poverty, and corruption. There’s no dearth of possible culprits to blame: bad luck, bad climate, … Continue reading →
The collapse of the 2-parent black family…
…was not a legacy of slavery, although it is often claimed that it is. It happened much, much more recently, as this article by Walter E. Williams points out. The article is a very short version of points that Thomas … Continue reading →
I figure…
…why speculate on an audio that hasn’t even been confirmed yet as authentic? Of course, that didn’t stop CNN from airing it. The cable news coverage of Michael Brown’s killing has exceeded in scale even the treatment of the Zimmerman … Continue reading →
Eric Holder, racial profiler
Here he goes again. According to Andrew McCarthy: Simply stated, it is impermissible for federal investigations to be commenced in the absence of colorable suspicion based on solid evidence. Yet, despite the absence of any suggestion that Darren Wilson is … Continue reading →
WaPo finds evidence in Sarah Palin’s dumpster that incriminates Darren Wilson and exonerates Michael Brown
Or something like that. Yesterday the WaPo featured a wordy piece devoted to Darren Wilson’s dysfunctional family of origin, and the racial and other problems in the police force he used to work for, difficulties that seem to have had … Continue reading →
Other cases of killings by police that have been ignored
The Michael Brown case has become a cause célé¨bre, much like the Zimmerman case in the scope of its fame and even worse in the extent of civil unrest it has caused. The Brown case has many other things in … Continue reading →
Fox reports that Officer Wilson was beaten by Michael Brown
[Hat tip: Geoffrey Britain] Fox News is now reporting that Darren Wilson was severely beaten by Michael Brown during their confrontation: Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week … Continue reading →
Question for the Ferguson protestors: when is an officer allowed to defend him/herself with the use of deadly force?
Sometimes I think the answer is “never, unless the victim of the shooting is white.” The idea is that white police should err on the side of their own martyrdom if the victim is black. There is no question that … Continue reading →
Michael Brown case update
The officer who stopped Michael Brown did not do so because he was a suspect in the convenience story robbery, but became suspicious during the course of the exchange with Brown: [Ferguson Police Chief] Jackson said the officer was aware … Continue reading →
And Brian Beutler and his ilk are de facto rabble rousers
Take a look at this excerpt from a piece by Beutler in TNR about the racial situation in Ferguson, Missouri [emphasis mine]: You’ve probably seen the statistics by now. Ferguson is about two-thirds black. It’s police force is nearly 100 … Continue reading →
Michael Brown: robbery suspect
The Ferguson police have released this video of a convenience store robbery in which Michael Brown was suspected to have been the perpetrator. It occurred shortly before the fatal shooting. Dorian Johnson, the young man who was with Brown when … Continue reading →