Best damned picture I've seen all week...

Racism in Policing

SO, I've made the case several times that open-carry is a Whites-only privilege, and that the cops treat whites and blacks dramatically differently in the same situation.

Well, here you go:


Tell me again how racism is dead? How the police don't have a racial bias? Tell me why one man's rights are protected while several of the other's are violated.

Simple answer: If you cannot give a Right to everyone equally, then no one should be given that Right.

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And I suppose this is just "defensive driving?"

And I suppose THIS is just "defensive driving?"


Police Chief acknowledges, "This is not standard protocol."

You mean attempted vehicular homicide? I should hope not!

And sure, I'm glad the Cops didn't have to end up shooting him, but this is NOT the alternative I had in mind!


--------ADDENDUM---------

I took this down for a day to mull it over some more.  And what the hell, I'm going to put it back up.

My main point of personal conflict here is the realization that even *I* don't believe that this had a good chance of ending well.  Disturbed man, loaded rifle, what... eight cops?  In all likelihood, he get shot. And it would likely be JUSTIFIED that he gets shot.  And if he gets shot, he likely dies.

And he didn't die here.

All the same, it's not like Officer GTA there acted with any kind of care or restraint, and it's only by blind luck that he ISN'T dead - a death that would be far less justified under the present circumstances....

...But I don't see a likely alternative scenario that ends with the man being taken alive.  Just begin realistic.

But there's still a though that I can't shake, no matter how armed and dangerous this man may have been... They took THIS guy alive:

Not to mention quite a few others...

So I still find this disturbing.  And the first cop in the video didn't seem to like it too much either.

ENOUGH!

Kos Post that cites sources for the numbers.

BTW? It's actually TWICE as many. Twice as many in ONE MONTH, than a CENTURY.

Good luck with that one.

...And another...

Yet another unarmed black man shot by cops. This time he was mocked while dying.

“He shot me! He shot me, man. Oh, my god. I’m losing my breath.” ~Eric Harris, down and in the process of being cuffed

“Fuck your breath! Shut the fuck up!” ~Officer Sociopath

How many more of these do we need to see?  How many?!

More Unjustified Violence by Police

Another disgustingly obvious case of police brutality.



The Facebook comments are basically unanimous in condemning this. Personally, I just don't understand how many times we have to see this before we stop treating it like it's the exception.  There is no reason to pummel a man who is down, surrender and ready to be cuffed other than to work out their own frustrations.  And the Sheriff has the gall to say "IF" there was wrongdoing?!  What video did he watch?! There is not justification for this. This country desperately needs to be saved from itself.

Anyway, here are some amusing pics that will express how I'm feelign better than I could at this point. "Enjoy."

...Whoops!  How'd that last one get in there?!

And, uh, let's not forget the brutal murder, in cold blood of Walter Scott.


HE is at least being CHARGED.  (But then, so was Darren Wilson. We'll see what happens.)

While the Fascist Right will never invoke it. THIS is the best reason to not trust the Government!

What if he was black?

Stumbled across this vid from the Young Turks.  This took place not far from where I live and work.  Let em just say that Cenk got it 100% correct.  That guy's Black? He's DEAD. Immediately. End of story.

And,yeah: The open carry laws have gotten out of hand.

Race and Relevance

How many jobs are MORE DANGEROUS that Law Enforcement?

And in truth, John Stewart said it best:

Racism Part 1: The Law and Justice

Watch these three videos, if you can stomach it - they're pretty brutal...
(trigger warning, etc...)

The PUBLIC EXECUTION / POLICE MURDER of John Crawford III:


The DRIVE UP EXECUTION / POLICE MURDER of Tamir Rice:


The CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF / POLICE MURDER of Eric Garner:


...And then contrast these to Steve Lohner...

...or the KID GLOVE handling of Joesph Houseman:


Seriously?! This obviously, openly, armed, angry, belligerent, RW asshole yells at the cops for almost 10- minutes strait?! Tamir Rice? John Crawford? The cops gunned them down, on sight, in under ONE SECOND.  And I'm supposed to believe that race doesn't play a factor?  I'm supposed to believe that these cops were acting appropriately?!  And then I'm supposed to believe the cop, and the lone, white, racist witness in the Michael Brown case?! BULLSHIT.  This is not only criminal, it's indefensible. The Grand Jury, in every case, didn't see that way, so fuck them.  The Prosecutors consistently shit-canned their own cases, so FUCK THEM.  Gerlado wants to tell me that BLACK PEOPLE are the problem? FUCK HIM. And if you can't recognize the problem here? THEN FUCK YOU.

And if you're still even thinking of telling what a threat these people were, let's not forget that they somehow made the effort to take THIS GUY alive:

James Holmes, remember him? Killed 12 people, was carrying a Shot Gun, a Semi-Automatic Rifle, a Hand gun and Tear Gas Grenades?  Imagine for a moment the mentality it must take to take the time, effort and risk to take this piece of shit alive, and yet the men above had to be put down like dogs in under a second.

Go ahead. Try to argue with me on this.  It's not a question of whether we have a police-state problem, or a race problem, it's only a question of how many people, black AND white (and every other color) need to DIE before something constructive is done about it.


And if you're still skeptical, how about some crushed testicles?

And before anyone wastes any of my time telling me that these are isolated incidents, here is a list of UNARMED Black Men killed by the police since 1999. (And from my own research for past posts, I can assure you that this is FAR from an exhaustive list.)

Oh, and let's not forget that nearly bottomless scum pit of a prosecutor who thought that an abused woman firing a warning shot at her abusive ex-boyfriend deserved SIXTY YEARS in prison for it.
Yeah. No problem with White Privilege or Male Privilege here, is there?  By all means, let's keep "standing our ground."

And even after all that, if you don't understand why they riot, especially in THEIR OWN neighborhoods? Well, THIS GUY explains it, and gives you different perspective on it.  It's his opinion and perspective, not mine, but the more I see of just how much we have a problem with racism in this country, the less inclined I am to judge ANY of these folks.

(And more on all this in my next post.)

(CORRECTION: In the video, I referred to JOSEPH Houseman as JOHN, and JAMES Holmes also as JOHN.  My apologies.)

(After all, the last time anyone saw JOHN Holmes in a theater, he was armed with something completely different.)