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Since the unfortunate events in Ferguson, it seems like everyday there is a news story with the exact same theme: Black male shot/tased/pepper sprayed by police. Some of these incidents absolutely do require scrutiny to make sure that the police didn't overstep their bounds.
However, there is an important conversation that no one in the black community seems to be having. Every incident that I have read about would have been avoided if the person who got shot/tased/pepper sprayed would have cooperated with the police.
Whether you love them or hate them, in our civil society, police officers are authority figures. When a police officer tells you to stop, you have to stop. If they tell you to put your hands up and you fail to do so, it is at your own peril.
Why aren't the so called "leaders" in the black community talking about this? Al Sharpton will do a triple back flip across traffic to get in front of a TV camera. If he really cared about black kids, he would tell them not to fight with the police so they can live. Unfortunately, he is a narcissistic charlatan that does nothing but perpetuate problems and make money for himself. Who else is there?
The president is in a unique position to communicate positive messages to black youth. He doesn't. While he hasn't been afraid to weigh in on issues of race, he always says things like:
"The Cambridge Police acted stupidly." (referring to the arrest of his buddy Skip Gates, an Afi who did not cooperate with the police when they were trying to protect HIS property)
"If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon"
The same can be said of Eric Holder. He went to Ferguson to calm things down and shared stories of when HE was allegedly targeted by the police because of race. How does this help?
Please tell me, am I missing something? There are plenty of African-Americans in high profile positions. They could use there visibility to SAVE THE LVIES of black youths. How about doing PSAs about not fighting with cops and/or doing other things that can get you killed. Do none of them care? Do they really believe that none of these kids are at all to blame?
Please tell me, am I missing something? There are plenty of African-Americans in high profile positions. They could use there visibility to SAVE THE LVIES of black youths. How about doing PSAs about not fighting with cops and/or doing other things that can get you killed. Do none of them care? Do they really believe that none of these kids are at all to blame?
We don't need "leaders" anymore. We need some blacks to take responsibility.
And we also don't need threads and posts like this bitching about what the black community does or doesn't do with little need from those who are NOT black and not going to do anything about it...
We don't need "leaders" anymore. We need some blacks to take responsibility.
And we also don't need threads and posts like this bitching about what the black community does or doesn't do with little need from those who are NOT black and not going to do anything about it...
Fair enough. Then please DON'T try to come down on "non Black" people who DO try to help even the hood rats go straight but some fools yell "racism" because they see "taking care of business as acting white".
First off the black community has a lot of great leaders but the news outlets and the media rather like the Sharptons and the Jacksons....They give them the lead stories so someone best ask why the liberal media is so fond of pushing them as leaders...
As for the cops apparently the same media people have an eye out for any shortcomings they have and ignore the 99.9% of excellent service.....There is an agenda not confined to the black community,,rather driven by outside interest and agitators......
But of course the media will never report on their own sins,,if there isn't a good story,make one seems to be their motto.......As for the police attitudes....
Police departments are not secular,they do the bidding of the political jurisdiction they reside under....Point your finger where the problems come from...
Opine from a PA white assed old man.....
Then please DON'T try to come down on "non Black" people who DO try to help even the hood rats go straight but some fools yell "racism" because they see "taking care of business as acting white".
Only idiots associate positives with whites only and negatives with blacks only, regardless of what race.
I stand by what I say since I see much more criticism than actual helpful imput from the "non-black" crowd... ESPECIALLY on this site.
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