By
William L. Garvin
“Some people’s idea of free speech
is that they are free to say what they like but if anyone says anything back,
that is an outrage.” Winston Churchill
When
the Obama administration normalized relations with Cuba, the story was that
after fifty years of failed policies, it was time for something new. After fifty years of failed policies (and $15
trillion dollars!), isn’t it time for something new in the war on poverty? In his column, Thomas Sowell points out that
in the fifties, black poverty was worse than now. White racism was also worse than now but black crime was less! In fact, the murder rate was going down
among blacks. Black children mostly had
two-parent families and among black married couples, the poverty rate was in
single digits. What changed? Maybe the “great society” has removed a
significant part of society from accountability, responsibility and consequences
similar to the white underclass in Britain.
Now
we have “protestors” marching down the street screaming “What do we want? DEAD COPS!” and “When do we want it? NOW!” Any sensible person would
be appalled at the dearth of common sense and decency as they exercise their
freedom of speech but it’s a sad fact that their wish is being granted. Felonious police officer fatalities increased
89% in 2014 over 2013 according to the FBI.
But of course, that’s not news according to mainstream media. Everyone knows it’s the police who are to
blame.
Even
in Baltimore, where there is a majority black city council, a black mayor, a
black police chief, and nearly 50% black police force, it is still the police
at fault. Remember in March of this year
when President Obama and his task force on “21st Century Policing”
praised Baltimore’s police force for “implementing national best practices for
policies and training” and for “use of force reforms”? No, of course you don’t because then you
would have to explain the disconnect that occurred in the last two months! After four years in office, four long years
of governing and satisfaction capped by presidential praise, suddenly the
Baltimore mayor calls for a DOJ investigation of Baltimore police because of
“widespread civil rights abuses.” The
new attorney general is only too happy to oblige. As per Charlatan Sharpton’s request, one more
city is falling under the web of federal consent decrees and we are inching
closer to a nationalized police force.
Then
there’s disconnected Chris Rock, normally a very funny guy: “It’s not that it’s gotten worse, it’s just
that it’s part of the 24-hour news cycle. What’s weird is that it never happens
to white kids. There’s no evidence that white youngsters are any less
belligerent, you know? We can go to any Wall Street bar and they are way bigger
assholes than in any other black bar. But will I see cops stop shooting black
kids in my lifetime? Probably not.” Newsflash
for Mr. Rock: in 2012, the last numbers
that I have, 326 whites died in confrontations with police while 123 blacks did
as well. Nobody in the liberal media
cares when a white or black cop kills a white teenager or when blacks kill
other blacks. You should care about the truth but apparently you don’t.
Of
course, he’s not a journalist but Brooke Baldwin of CNN is. She added to the “out of control cop”
mythology: “I love our nation’s veterans, but some of them coming back from the
war, they don’t know the communities and they are ready to do battle.” In one stupendously stupid sentence she manages
to slur both veterans and police! Finally
forced to apologize, one can’t help but wonder if it was only because she was
caught!
Another
dot may be, as Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee University warned:
"There is a class of colored people who make a
business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro
race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his
grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain
class of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well." There is also a certain class of “not
colored” people who wallow in emotional angst, search for “micro aggressions,”
absolve criminal acts but discount hard work as luck, and who excuse crime as
an aberration (unless it’s a cop then of course it’s “systemic abuse”). There’s also a political party that profits
by keeping certain segments of society on the voting plantation. Guess which one!
