It is clear to any one with half a brain, what happened to George Floyd was in fact, a criminal act by a rogue police officer. An officer who got fired, then arrested, then charged, and who will be facing other charges as the investigations into this incident are completed.
It is not the first time this kind of thing has happened. We have seen it before. But apparently we Americans are too stupid to learn the lessons from it.
First, I agree with peoples right to PEACEFULLY protest.
I condemn any and all who Riot. Destroying other peoples property will not bring Mr. Floyd and others like him back from the dead.
Our governments (state and local) have failed to prepare for these things. We knew this was going to escalate sooner or later because we keep seeing it happen time and time again. However our perception of who is doing the rioting is changing. It is not, as some people claim, just the black people doing it.
Here in Grand Rapids, Michigan there are photos of white people breaking windows of buildings, setting fires and committing riot related crimes. One of these photos looks like a 28 year old white female with golden hair down past her shoulders. What you and I would call a suburbanite, affluent white person. So why is she doing that? What did that bar owner do to her to justify her destruction of his building? There is no acceptable answer.
Many people in America have this idea that the rioters are all from the black minority community, when in fact when we take a closer look at who is doing what, we see a lot of white folks and other members of other minorities. Political groups such as the ANTIFA group has been recognized as a contributing factor to these riots and the US President has just announced they are going to be designated a domestic terrorist group. This will free up resources to be used to combat them and hold them accountable.
Then there is this idea that these riots only happen in Democrat controlled towns and cities. This may or may not be true as the riot last night in Grand Rapids showed us. The first riot in decades where property was damaged.. and yes, the Conservative capital of Michigan now has a Democrat mayor. Is there a connection?
Then to make things even more confusing, we have black celebrities making ignorant claims that "black people are hunted every time they leave their homes". This is an out right lie. If we look at the facts the facts show us that a black person is twice as likely to be killed by one of their own, and a white person, or a white cop. And white cops kill white people twice as often as blacks are killed by cops.
That fact does not mean what happened to George Flyod is acceptable. In fact, that fact makes it even more important that our cops are properly trained and its clear this cop either was not, or chose to ignore that training resulting in the death of the person in custody.
Add to this the fact that most black folks see cops as the enemy. Not a good situation. This must change. Part of the problem is the fact that this minority group is responsible for the majority of crimes in this country. Why is this? There is no excuse for that. You turn on the news and its full of stories about black gangs breaking into cell phone stores, gun stores, and looting during disasters and riots. People who work in retail tell me they have constant problems with blacks shoplifting. Some stores around here don't even prosecute it anymore, and lose 5-20 thousand dollars a month due to shop lifting. Yet they stay open because of high volume. (Dollar General, Dollar Tree stores). Is this because the news media is not reporting the white crime? Or is it because white people don't do this kind of crime, or don't do it as often?
The fact is ANY crime, committed by any person, black or white, should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
And the job of the police is to CAPTURE, ARREST and deliver ALIVE, to the court room, the perpetrators of these crimes, so that they may stand and face justice. It has nothing to do with color. It has nothing to do with ancestral history, it has to do with proper training.
We must make the death of a person in police custody a major crime and unacceptable for any reason other than medical which is beyond control of the officers in charge at the time.
We have to put an end to these senseless deaths, or America will sink into total chaos and riots with our cities burning to the ground will become the new normal. God Forbid it.
Then to make things even more confusing, we have black celebrities making ignorant claims that "black people are hunted every time they leave their homes". This is an out right lie. If we look at the facts the facts show us that a black person is twice as likely to be killed by one of their own, and a white person, or a white cop. And white cops kill white people twice as often as blacks are killed by cops.
That fact does not mean what happened to George Flyod is acceptable. In fact, that fact makes it even more important that our cops are properly trained and its clear this cop either was not, or chose to ignore that training resulting in the death of the person in custody.
Add to this the fact that most black folks see cops as the enemy. Not a good situation. This must change. Part of the problem is the fact that this minority group is responsible for the majority of crimes in this country. Why is this? There is no excuse for that. You turn on the news and its full of stories about black gangs breaking into cell phone stores, gun stores, and looting during disasters and riots. People who work in retail tell me they have constant problems with blacks shoplifting. Some stores around here don't even prosecute it anymore, and lose 5-20 thousand dollars a month due to shop lifting. Yet they stay open because of high volume. (Dollar General, Dollar Tree stores). Is this because the news media is not reporting the white crime? Or is it because white people don't do this kind of crime, or don't do it as often?
The fact is ANY crime, committed by any person, black or white, should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
And the job of the police is to CAPTURE, ARREST and deliver ALIVE, to the court room, the perpetrators of these crimes, so that they may stand and face justice. It has nothing to do with color. It has nothing to do with ancestral history, it has to do with proper training.
We must make the death of a person in police custody a major crime and unacceptable for any reason other than medical which is beyond control of the officers in charge at the time.
We have to put an end to these senseless deaths, or America will sink into total chaos and riots with our cities burning to the ground will become the new normal. God Forbid it.
Those are my thoughts on this subject.
