Ferguson

Ferguson, Missouri, is ground zero for everything that is wrong in 21^st Century America.  This is progressive America.  It is a harvest of despair, hate, division, jealousy, racism, class warfare, a collapse of values, the destruction of rule of law, the militarization of our police forces, the death of an independent and neutral press….all mixed into one ugly soup.   It is sad.  It is dangerous.  It is a preview of things to come in a country that is slowly but deliberately destroying the fabric that has held it together for over two hundred years.

At the heart of the matter is the tragic shooting of an unarmed black 18 year old young man by a white police officer.  At first blush, it was disturbing.  All he was doing was walking down the street when the cops told him and his friend to move to the sidewalk.  He was shot in the back.  Pictures of a cherubic young man flashed all over the news programs.  He was a gentle giant.  He was sweet.  It was a news template made in heaven.  Finally, the press would be able to report on a young black male purposely gunned down on the street just because he was black. 

But as the facts slowly leaked out, the narrative became blurry.  The pictures originally shown are of a young man at age 14, except now he was 18, 6’3” tall and weighed almost 300 pounds.  Then there was the small fact that he stole some cigars from a convenience store just 15 minutes before the shooting and is shown on camera menacing and strong-arming the store owner.  Marijuana was found in his system with additional toxicology reports still being processed.  And he wasn't shot in the back as initially reported.  He was shot from the front.  Then there is seldom mentioned altercation within the police officer's car and a shot fired in the car…the details of which have been buried by the media.  The police officer was treated at a local hospital for an undetermined amount of time...news reports vary from a few hours to two days with the latest report stating the police officer suffered a broken eye socket.  Statements from the eyewitnesses offering a different version of events from the approved narrative have been strangely absent. This evening, the Governor of Missouri said there should be a "vigorous prosecution" as opposed to "vigorous investigation."  

Meanwhile, the race-baiters have been demanding “justice” calling for the immediate arrest of the officer for murder….the Black Panthers chanting they want him dead.  The militarized police force took to the streets to fight the angry mob. Making matters worse, outside thugs poured into Ferguson adding fuel to the fire.   

Then Barack Obama weighed in, calling for calm and an independent investigation to make sure that justice is served.  He is sending Eric Holder, the most biased and crooked Attorney General this nation has seen since Nixon’s John Mitchell, to look for civil rights violations.  Meanwhile, Andrea Mitchell at NBC news silences conservative black commentators when they mention that last weekend 6 people were shot in black on black violence in Chicago and an additional 23 injured…wondering where is the outrage there.  All of this capped with an op-ed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar opining that this is just the beginning of problems resulting from the inequity of income and folks trapped in poverty…probably the most sensible op-ed written since the whole mess began.

At the base of all of this is a narrative perpetuated by race-baiters and a progressive press that white police are subjugating and killing blacks on the street.  Here are the facts.  There were 12 million arrests made in the United States last year.  Of those, 421 involved a police officer shooting someone.  Of those 421…37% were black for a total of 155, the balance being white, Asian, or Hispanic.  More blacks have been killed by other blacks in Chicago this year alone.  The narrative the press wants you to believe is a myth, while the true disturbing story goes unreported. 

All of the issues mentioned in the opening paragraph are serious issues that need to be addressed.  Under this President, they all have gotten substantially worse rather than better.  Whether by design or neglect, the problems are growing geometrically with a large portion of the population suffering directly and the balance having their freedom eroded daily. 

Three things that can make it better: values, religion, family….all of which are under attack by an elite political and journalistic class that hides away from its created dirtiness in upper East Side apartments, Georgetown mailing addresses, the Hampton's and Beverly Hills.

 

Everyone needs to step back and wait for the facts as to what actually happened in Ferguson before building the gallows in the square.  Steamrolling a prosecution to score political points is unacceptable.  Mob mentality is a dangerous thing.  It has proven to be wrong over and over again.