“It’s more dangerous to be black in
America. It’s both more dangerous because of crime, which is the Chicago story
but it is more dangerous in that you’re substantially more likely to end up in
a situation where police don’t respect you where you could easily get killed. I
think sometimes for whites it’s difficult to appreciate how real that is.” – Republican Vice President hopeful,
Newt Gingrich
Although not
just a “Black thing” since the shooting rampage of the police forces in our nation goes beyond merely shooting black people. But when police are shooting Black people over a broken tail light, you just gotta think it's gotten beyond control.
It doesn't stop with one group of people however since the police are also shooting Whitey as well as Hispanics. In addition
the police manage to indiscriminately shoot people in cross-fire situations, wounding
many a passerby by irresponsibly discharging their weapons in public during
shootings. You don't hear much about that either.
This willful
carnage by our nation’s police force is coming more to the forefront in the “Everybody
has a Camera” age. Now we see what we’ve always suspected. Police are just
shooting people down for things they have no reason to fire their weapon for.
Some of the video that is going around is incredible. Police shooting fleeing
women, men just getting out of their car, black people everywhere and now
licensed gun owners who have done what they were supposed to and told the
officer they were carrying. I have some friends on local police forces sending
me videos of shootings that are unbelievable in their cold-bloodedness. A cop
doesn’t feel like running after this kid so he just shoots him in the back. No
law against a police officer shooting a “fleeing felon” right? And Black, White
or Brown, we’re ALL potential fleeing felons and we are ALL potential targets.
And when did failure to follow a police officer's instructions become a reason to shoot an unarmed person? It used to be a reason to hit you over the head with a flashlight but now it's the excuse all these killers with badges use to justify what they've done. "He didn't follow my instructions so I shot him." Are you fucking kidding me? We should FRY the next cop who uses this for an excuse.
And when did failure to follow a police officer's instructions become a reason to shoot an unarmed person? It used to be a reason to hit you over the head with a flashlight but now it's the excuse all these killers with badges use to justify what they've done. "He didn't follow my instructions so I shot him." Are you fucking kidding me? We should FRY the next cop who uses this for an excuse.
Neil Young
sung in the 1970s of “Soldiers are cutting us down.” Now he can sing about the
police in the new century.
And it’s not
only been going on for some time but it’s increasing in its frequency and
ferocity.
Many Killer Cops Skate
And most of
these killers with a badge get away with it. They don’t even lose their jobs!
The courts have long looked the other way in the fight for “Justice”. It doesn’t
matter if they are wrong or right, they’ll bash your head in and let the courts
clear them. The police are operating with impunity these days and only answer
for what they do when it’s caught on video. Even then they don’t go to jail.
People are
tired of seeing this and black people especially are fed up with the constant “Revolving
Door of Justice” when it comes to prosecuting killer cops.
The Role of the Military
As everyone
is well aware, the United States has been training and cycling soldiers through the Middle
East for decades. Most of these are what they like to call “Citizen Soldiers”
those in the Army Reserves or the Air National Guard. These soldiers actually
have regular jobs that they work when they are not overseas killing people. Many
of these reservists are police officers.
People in
the military can and do receive preferential hiring when they leave military
service and decide to go into law enforcement either at the local or state
level. Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) also tout the numbers of ex-military people they employ. This has gone on for
decades now and one thing the U.S. has a large surplus of is military veterans.
So many cops
are Vets these days and many have done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many have
done more than one tour in the Middle East. Some have done three.
Soldiers are
trained to kill and get it done quickly. Whether you are A SEAL, Special Forces a Marine or an Army
Regular, you are taught to focus on the primary objective: Kill the Enemy. Unlike
an Army Regular, a Marine is trained to overrun enemy positions and to take
casualties. That’s a special and intense focus. Not everyone can be a Marine
and not everyone wants to. Ditto for the SEALS.
Improved Kill Ratio
Since the
World War II there have been many in depth military studies on why troops shoot
too high. These studies were used to try to improve the “Kill Ratio”, the number of bullets fired vs actual hits on the enemy, of U.S.
soldiers. Since the American Civil War the top U.S. military commanders have
been puzzled as to why troops have always shot too high and had very low kill
rates. One psychological reason is that man has a natural aversion to killing
another man. Another problem is that the human body goes into a “Stress Mode”
when the shooting starts that restricts a person’s ability to shoot
effectively, the pulse quickens, the pupils dilate and the body is flooded with hormones. So the military command has worked diligently since then to correct
these “problems” and they have succeeded in grand fashion.
New training
strategies work to desensitize soldiers to the act of killing and teach them
not to feel responsible for their actions. So now when these guys pop in a door
and make the decision to shoot, they hit the “target” at a percentage rate
never before seen in the world. U.S. soldiers are the most efficient killers on
the planet. Still.
It is also
believed that this resulting “improvement” in training has also lead to
increases in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
These are
the people we are supplying to our nations police forces. They are institutionalized, desensitized killers who have had the smell of blood in their nostrils and now they've traded the uniform of the American Armed Services for that of a City or Town police officer.
What can possibly go wrong?
What can possibly go wrong?
Police Officers or Soldiers?
A
collaboration of sorts has been taking place between the military and local and
state police departments. The local forces have acquired an incredible amount
of military gear. Laser sites, gas masks, night vision googles, military style bullet
proof vests and leggings, armored vehicles, acoustic riot control vehicles,
high powered and automatic weapons and military style systems training. All
supplied by the Federal Government.
They aren’t
just cops anymore, they have become a highly trained select military tactical force right here in
every neighborhood. They have all the resources taxpayer money can buy.
So just who do they answer to now?
The Drug War
The War on
Drugs and its sister police-state building sister, the Patriot Act, gave law
enforcement organizations across the country the power and resources it needed
to build up its fighting might. The progress our nation’s police forces have
made in their military capabilities is unmistakable and alarming. Over the last
decade especially they have greatly grown in strength. Even though the Drug War
has crashed and burned the laws and their “kick in the door” attitude remains.
The
confiscatory nature of the drug laws saw local and state police raking in
millions of dollars from property seizures that still continue today with
little media fanfare. The police have taken cash, cares, land and homes that
are then sold at auction. Assets and their proceeds the department gets to
keep. The police also routinely freeze with the intent of seizing bank assets
that would otherwise have served to help the “Accused” with their legal defense
because any financial assets are instantly deemed “ill gotten” without having
to actually prove it. But that’s ok, they were guilty anyway. Otherwise, why
would the police arrest them?
What happens
if you protest these actions? You could lose your property too. All that is
required is an accusation.
So don’t
think for a moment that law enforcement will go along with drug legalization
attempts. This is their livelihood we’re talking about.
Obama Not Helping
President
Obama has this uncanny knack of saying the wrong thing at exactly the right
time. After all this time can anybody think this is an accident? Our racial
divide although never really addressed since the 1960s has laid dormant since
the late70s has now been brought roaring back by a combination of an advancing
militant police force and a race-baiting president. This will benefit no one.
It is no
surprise that Mr. Obama will not admit there is a widening racial divide in the
U.S. under his administration. One has to wonder if Obama will succeed where
Charles Manson had failed in triggering a race war in this country.
Gun Legislation Now Dead
As a good Apparatchik,
Comrade Obama has come out with his expected “take guns away, the problem is
solved” rhetoric. This will not happen
no matter how many sit-ins occur now in Washington. Congress isn’t going to
touch it. Nobody is going to give up their guns while battle lines are
being drawn in the city streets. People will only hold them closer than ever before.
What Now?
Ending the
Drug Prohibition will help. The corresponding reduction in a standing police
force will help also. The corresponding saving to the beleaguered American
taxpayer will boost the economy.
Cutting back
the totally corrupt Welfare System will also help. Continuing to subsidize a
large group of people has not worked for us. Keeping people poor and stupid has
not added wealth to this nation. Learning to make your own way in the world is
the most enriching thing a human being can achieve in life. It’s time everyone had
that opportunity again. The Welfare system is not doing anybody any favors and continuing to tell a group of people that they can't compete on a level playing field without government help will never get them on base in the game of life. The corresponding savings in taxes can go to drug rehab
programs that this nation so sorely lacks.
We should
end our wasteful wars that accomplish nothing but spreading violence throughout
the world and creates tons of disabled warriors that we can't seem to be able to take care of. We have created a “Chicken or the Egg” cycle of violence that only
increases and has not made anyone any safer. The result has been quite the
opposite actually. This will also result in a net gain for the American
taxpayer.
A rising
economy will lift all boats. Ours has been an embarrassing flat-line of failure
with the faces of GW Bush and Barak Obama on the IOUs. Putting our money back into our pockets so that we can spend it on the right things will further the nation more than any war or welfare check.
Doing away with these wasteful
influence buying, power-grabbing programs will bring the economy back so if you want a job
in this country, you should be able to find one. The failed cycle of economic
bribery that has been going on since the 1960s should be brought to an end.
Or we can become a Police State.
Take your pick.
Trump 2016!
Or we can become a Police State.
Take your pick.
Trump 2016!