Just using common sense and a little logic, here is my thought on the whole "shooting black kids by the cops" thing.
First, you have to assume that there are one hell of a lot of cops that are willing to kill for no reason other than race.
That is one heck of an assumption.
One of the things that is hardest for the military to overcome in training it's personnel, is the natural instinct for people not to kill another person. And these are people that have been through months of training...about how to kill who are actively trying to kill them back.
So we have to make the assumption that there are a fair amount of people that have no problem killing people who pose no threat to them or society, just because they are young and black.
Second, now that we have this group of police officers that are willing to kill unarmed and peaceful citizens, just because they are young and black, we have to assume that these cops don't think they will ever get in any trouble for these murders.
Forget the fact that every time a LE officer fires their weapon, regardless of whether anyone is injured, much less killed, there is supposed to be an investigation to determine if that weapon should have been fired.
But, our group of killers aren't worried about any such investigation.
After all, that "blue code" will protect them.
Forget the fact that not every co-worker likes every other co-worker and just can't wait for the other co-worked to screw up and get fired, forget the fact that there has to be (I mean come on, the law of averages dictates that there has to be) at least one person on the force that has more morals and ethics than a devotion to the "blue code", forget the fact that nowadays there are not only dash cams and body cams, but there are tons and tons of cell phones that could video (as was the case in the clip) what took place, apparently our killers don't care about these things, so intent are they on killing the innocent black men.
Third, now that we have decided that our LE officer is a remorseless killer of people, black men in particular, who doesn't fear being fired from their job, much less tried and jailed for these murders; we have to also figure that they never watch TV, read a paper, listen to the radio or talk to anyone except other cops.
Why do I say that?
Because, if you are hell bent on murdering black men and are a LE officer, you have to have been cut off from all media and mainstream conversation to not know that a LE officer shooting a black man is going to make BIG news, regardless of why they were shot.
(Heck, there is a case in TX where some black guy broke into a house, the home owner blew him away and the family of the thief is claiming the home owner should have warned the thief that he had a gun before shooting him. I could be wrong, but I think they are trying to sue.)
But our assassin didn't take the job of a LE officer for the great pay and the free meals, not to mention the ability to talk down to people and be an ass for no reason, they took the job to kill innocent black men and kill innocent black men is what they are going to, regardless of the media attention, the judicial attention and the judgement of their fellow officers, who may think they were wrong. (ooops, my bad, I forgot about that "blue code")
So if we look at this hysteria about killing innocent black men for no reason other than they are black men, common sense and logic will tell you that there is more to these stories than some people and a lot of media would have you think.
Are there cases where an innocent person gets killed by law enforcement?
Yes, absolutely.
It does happen and has always happened and will always happen, for many reasons.
When that happens, that case should be investigated and the proper consequences applied.
Back in the mid 70's, a Cobb County police officer (MacDaddy may recall this) by the name of Bone, pulled a white kid over on S. Cobb drive.
I went to school with Officer Bone's brother and knew his mother well.
Anyway, it was cold out that night and the white kid got out of his car and approached Officer Bone.
Officer Bone told the kid to say where he was, but the kid kept coming and then the kid reached around his back and pulled something out from under his coat.
Officer Bone drew his weapon and fired, killing the kid.
Turned out, the kid was reaching for and had pulled his wallet out of his back pocket.
Officer Bone was fired and was tried on some charge. (can't remember the charge) and I don't remember the outcome of the trial. (perhaps others may)
There was a lot of dissension among people, some who thought that justice was being served and others who thought that while Officer Bone may have needed to be fired, he certainly didn't need to be tried for a criminal offence.
My point is, anyone that thinks cops are going around, willynilly, killing innocent black men for no reason other than they are black men, needs to step back and use some common sense and logic.
Anyone that doesn't look at the behavior and actions of the person who is stopped by the cops, is hiding their head in the sand.
Anyone that doesn't understand that cops are just people and that mistakes have and will always get made, yes, often with serious and life ending results, live in a dream world.
So take each case as it comes, you cannot lump them all together, anymore than you can say that because a disproportion of violent crime is caused by young black men, that all young black men are violent criminals
A few last notes.
If I am driving in another state, I do not speed quite as much or as fast as I do in GA.
Why?
Because I know that if the cop has an option of pulling me over vs another car doing the same thing, but with a tag from that state, the odds are that I am getting pulled over.
Why?
Human nature.
So if the odds are greater that something bad will happen if you do something you shouldn't, be extra careful in those situations to not do anything you shouldn't.....like drive off with the cop's arm in your window.
Whether it is right or fair, on the street cops get the last word, so no matter how much of an asshat they are, maintain your cool and try and remember what your goal is, get out of there with the least amount of problems.
Fair? No!
Right? No!
Fact" Yes!
As far as the video Waski posted, thanks for posting, well, with the exception of the moronic talking head.
This is a topic that isn't going away any time soon, so discussion is always good.
