http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58304981-78/police-taylor-lake-salt.html.csp
You can't turn on the TV or radio or hop onto the Internet without hearing about this shooting. I'm so tired of hearing Al Sharpton talk about justice for the man's family.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/black-cop-kills-white-man-media-hide-race/
I'm sure it was comforting to hear the President's words of sympathy. Knowing that the Attorney General is in Salt Lake City to ensure that there is focus and the case will be looked into properly.
Yeah, I'm being a dick by posting. I do think there are still race issues. Yes, the links are not great sources. If we were sincere about looking at the training and abuse of power of the police, isn't this a good source as well?
I'm cynical and am becoming more so. I do think we have a race problem, but as a white male it is very tough for me to get my arms around it. Unless I see some balance, I tend not to trust it. When a community invites Sharpton to get his support and focus, It skews my view of their intentions. Sharpton isn't someone you call in for justice. You call him in to protest and get media attention. He is accused of being a racial arsonist and from what I see he uses any issue that could potentially have a racial slant to it to turn it into a race case for publicity. I have no idea if his motives are pure or not. Regardless of motives, I believe that he has set back race relations in this country and by his actions is a bigot and racist.
For examples of supporting my opinion: Bernhard Geotz - Judge found this to be a robbery, not racially motivated. Howard Beach - Advised victims not to cooperate with the prosecution, Freddie's Fashion Market - Rare time he was caught making racial remarks himself and admitted it, but denied he inflamed racial tensions and violence. The list goes on.
Al Sharpton himself isn't my point, but he is an example. I do not know, but I honestly do believe (this paragraph is my opinion only) that his intentions are to raise the equality and status of the black community. Like many effective leaders he is feels that there will be casualties and that is the cost of doing business to achieves his goals.
This approach does not work. Justice should be served equally. To swing the pendulum will create resentment and prolong the pain. The Irish fought for years for justice. Many of them would not stop fighting becuase there were offenses that there were English offenses that weren't answered and that brought about more pain. It wasn't until they let it go that they were able to achieve peace that that their battles earned.
Maybe I'm a racist for even bringing this up. I'm open to examining this and my intentions. If the cause is justice and equality I'm a supporter of it. If the cause is keeping authority in check, better training police and raising the level of expectations on how they serve the people, I'm a supporter. If it is anything else, I treat is with great mistrust and may even view it as racist.
You can't turn on the TV or radio or hop onto the Internet without hearing about this shooting. I'm so tired of hearing Al Sharpton talk about justice for the man's family.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/black-cop-kills-white-man-media-hide-race/
I'm sure it was comforting to hear the President's words of sympathy. Knowing that the Attorney General is in Salt Lake City to ensure that there is focus and the case will be looked into properly.
Yeah, I'm being a dick by posting. I do think there are still race issues. Yes, the links are not great sources. If we were sincere about looking at the training and abuse of power of the police, isn't this a good source as well?
I'm cynical and am becoming more so. I do think we have a race problem, but as a white male it is very tough for me to get my arms around it. Unless I see some balance, I tend not to trust it. When a community invites Sharpton to get his support and focus, It skews my view of their intentions. Sharpton isn't someone you call in for justice. You call him in to protest and get media attention. He is accused of being a racial arsonist and from what I see he uses any issue that could potentially have a racial slant to it to turn it into a race case for publicity. I have no idea if his motives are pure or not. Regardless of motives, I believe that he has set back race relations in this country and by his actions is a bigot and racist.
For examples of supporting my opinion: Bernhard Geotz - Judge found this to be a robbery, not racially motivated. Howard Beach - Advised victims not to cooperate with the prosecution, Freddie's Fashion Market - Rare time he was caught making racial remarks himself and admitted it, but denied he inflamed racial tensions and violence. The list goes on.
Al Sharpton himself isn't my point, but he is an example. I do not know, but I honestly do believe (this paragraph is my opinion only) that his intentions are to raise the equality and status of the black community. Like many effective leaders he is feels that there will be casualties and that is the cost of doing business to achieves his goals.
This approach does not work. Justice should be served equally. To swing the pendulum will create resentment and prolong the pain. The Irish fought for years for justice. Many of them would not stop fighting becuase there were offenses that there were English offenses that weren't answered and that brought about more pain. It wasn't until they let it go that they were able to achieve peace that that their battles earned.
Maybe I'm a racist for even bringing this up. I'm open to examining this and my intentions. If the cause is justice and equality I'm a supporter of it. If the cause is keeping authority in check, better training police and raising the level of expectations on how they serve the people, I'm a supporter. If it is anything else, I treat is with great mistrust and may even view it as racist.
