2 people are dead because of this Whako. Yes. This was a class A whack job that did this. Using the Garner incident as a reason to act out. The Garner incident has put a spotlight on the mistrust of police, and rightfully so. The mistrust of police is the root problem here. People are fed up with the almost zero accountability of the police. Departmental discipline where criminal charges should be pursued, militarization in most all aspects of today's police forces, has made a very serious powder keg. And I believe the fuse has been lit. This idiot is only the start.
The mistrust of police is well deserved, well earned in fact. Solving the mistrust issue is damn simple. But it won't happen. Too much money, power, politics and ego are involved.
I am not condoning this behavior, this incident. We still need to address the root cause of police mistrust. We will always have bat *expletive deleted*it crazy idiots that look for any excuse to do something like this.
The idiot who did this is the only one responsible. Trying to blame organizers of protests is stupid.
Putting our arms around LE and singing koombaya is ignoring the root problem that got us here to begin with.
2 innocent people are dead because of a nut job. Lets pray for their families.
No, I'm sorry, but you are wrong. This is not a result of a legitimate mistrust of police.
There are a myriad of examples that could, and arguably, should have used if the issue were truly one of police accountability.
Specific ones come to mind are the two recent incidents in Ohio, which sadly, the names of the victims I have forgotten. (Which I indict the press for given the fact the two thugs Mr. Martin and Mr. Brown are names that I remember quite well.)
The gentleman shot in Wal-Mart because a caller lied to the police and was given no chance to react and the 12 year old boy shot the second the police pull up to him in a park.
We have video for both these events. Both are clearly instances where the police were out of line. Both are very likely to end in no accountability (oh, MAYBE someone will get fired over the child's manslaughter, but no charges will be filed as they ought.)
Where's the grievance crowd over these? Nowhere to be found. The reason is that those are legitimate incidents where the public would support looking into police accountability.
These murders of the police officers are the result of an illegitimate, unreal, and fabricated mistrust of police. The race-baiters have been claiming that police "murder black men in the streets!" It's a false narrative, and the incidents chosen, where the decedent was either clearly (Mr. Brown) or arguably (Mr. Garner) in the wrong are chosen
to create racial division. Because rational people will look at these incidents and say "I may have an issue with police actions in some cases, but someone assaulting a police officer and trying to steal his gun doesn't sound like some innocent."
If they were just choosing incidents at random, these racist activists would by chance pick one completely legitimate case that would have the full support of a vast majority of the country. They don't. I haven't heard a PEEP about the 12 year old in Ohio. No protests about why that police officer isn't facing charges rather than "internal discipline" and losing his job. Nope, they pick ones where they know they can foment division because rational people will be unwilling to support them. They can then use that to claim racism.
These protests are, unfortunately, NOT about a mistrust of police, but about racism and racial division specifically cultivated to pit black people against whites. (And, given the murders, it looks like against asians and hispanics, too.)
