by Jack
(Officer Darren Wilson shown left) The pressure on this young man before his resignation, was hard to imagine. His friends and fellow law enforcement officers supported him – the black protestors of Ferguson obviously hated him and wanted him gone. Some in the black community wanted him dead as evidenced by the wanted posters put out by black militant groups. The latter were far removed from the scene in Ferguson, but that didn’t stop their knee jerk reaction to the shooting.
What unites the ordinary protestor with the black militant is something that goes far beyond Ferguson. They share a long history of injustices, starting with slavery in America and despite the improvements over the years both carry a chip on their shoulder. This is a fact and its a powerful influence that has created much of today’s controversy in Ferguson. Its keeping old wounds from healing too.
The reality is, shootings of blacks by law enforcement officers represents a miniscule portion of the total killings. 93% of shootings are black on black homicides. But, that doesn’t seem to matter much to the protestors.
Understandably, police are supposed to be held to a higher standard of conduct than some gangster with a gun. So, we expect and we demand, this statistic to be low. But, when will it be low enough? If we use the example of Ferguson the answer is… likely never. Today we have a situation underscored by racial-bias. And dare I say it. . . the guilty party, the party of prejudice and hate, the party of irresponsible conduct, is the black community protesting Wilson and accusing cops in general.
How can I say this?! Well, the most elemental facts had barely been leaked out before the black community from coast to coast was taking to the streets, threatening to burn and loot. Many were ready to lynch Darren Wilson!
This my friends is hatred and its also vengeance but, its not justice! But, isn’t justice what the all these black leaders and protestors said they wanted? Obviously, they were not looking for justice, they just wanted payback or an opportunity to loot and get some free S—. They wanted the grand jury to go their way or it was burning and looting time once again. Where’s the justice in that?
The President of the United States, Barrack Obama, has been known to weigh in on local race issues and he could have made this point about justice better than I ever could and at a time when it might have done some good, but he didn’t. Instead, he took a different approach. He dispatched three of his representatives to the funeral of the black teenager, Michael Brown, and ordered a thorough investigation, which of course only fed the suspicions of the protestors. The police officer or his family was never contacted by any presidential representative, just the FBI and the Grand Jury.
Do you remember when the mostly black jury moved to find O.J. Simpson not guilty of murdering his white ex-wife and an unarmed bystander and this caused a mob of angry white people to take to the streets, burning and looting? Me either. It’s time for the black community to grow up and that includes our president.