How many people have died unjustly and unseen out of mind and now forgotten by all but those who love them? It is a question we should ask in light of the Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd situations. It is a reminder that justice would have been denied to both men had there not been video.
This makes sense, Erick. I am thoroughly discouraged by the complexity of this video-hyped peace and safety situation in the USA. What's the nation coming to? All I can say is . . . along with the ancient prophet Amos, and the modern profit Martin Luther King Jr, "Let Justice roll down like the waters and Righteousness like a might stream.!"
I hereby accept BLM's offer. Police should just refuse to get involved anymore. Just don't show up. Refuse to dispatch officers to the scene. No cops on scene = no more racist killings, amirite?
Those who cite blacks being shot by police - regardless of the race of the officer - don't care about the why. They only care about about the what. The narrative they're pushing - ACAB (look it up) all cops are racists - futhers they're agenda - and in many cases, lines their pockets.
Erick, the folks doing the vilifying do not care. They want mayhem. Their goal is to destabilize and destroy America. Again, this is not the politics of 20 - even 10 - years ago. This is asymmetrical warfare. Until people on the side of true justice figure that out, it’s going to continue until there is nothing left to figure out. That is the truth.
Maybe The Rolling Stones were a little prophetic in their song “ Sympathy for the Devil” when they used the line “ every cop a criminal and every sinner saint”
There are three fields I no longer recommend to young people: teaching, health care, and law enforcement. Between the lack of respect and the personal risks people in those careers take, it's not worth it. Of the three, only some health care workers (nurses, particularly) are offered good wages, but even with the money, they are leaving in droves, burned out and done with all the politicking.
It really is damned if you do, damned if you don't anymore.
I don't know how it became a foregone conclusion that the default first responder for any "situation" is an armed agent of the state. Why do we, as American citizens, accept this as normal?
One HAS to wonder, and to dare ask the question, instead of simply whistling past the graveyard: Where are we heading as a nation when one side cannot agree with another side SIMPLY BECAUSE they are on "different" sides? When truth is spinned into a narrative to fit one's feelings then there is no longer "the truth" based on facts. I think I am summing up some of Erick's thoughts from the past week's shows, but that's simply because when thinking rationally they make sense. There is truth and facts and they both matter. The spinning of the truth serves to dizzy the masses and while dizzy the masses are failing to unite and see what is happening to our representative democracy (republic). I'm so glad God is still in control and because of THAT FACT I can sleep at night.
I agree, but I hasten add that the failure to distinguish is laid at the feet of both left and right, witness the weeping and gnashing of teeth over the conviction of Derek Chauvin.
Perhaps Ms. Newsome is unaware of how many times those "teenage fights" with knives end in death. Tanaya Lewis is currently in prison after stabbing Danyna Gibson to death with a "kitchen style steak knife" in one of those "teenage fights". Matthew Borges stabbed and then beheaded Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino at age 15. Abel Cedeno stabbed Matthew McCree to death...15 years old. And Monday, in Cincinatti Ohio, 13 year old Nyaira Givens was stabbed to death by another 13 year old. But yeah, hey...police should just let them fight it out, right?
This makes sense, Erick. I am thoroughly discouraged by the complexity of this video-hyped peace and safety situation in the USA. What's the nation coming to? All I can say is . . . along with the ancient prophet Amos, and the modern profit Martin Luther King Jr, "Let Justice roll down like the waters and Righteousness like a might stream.!"
I hereby accept BLM's offer. Police should just refuse to get involved anymore. Just don't show up. Refuse to dispatch officers to the scene. No cops on scene = no more racist killings, amirite?
Those who cite blacks being shot by police - regardless of the race of the officer - don't care about the why. They only care about about the what. The narrative they're pushing - ACAB (look it up) all cops are racists - futhers they're agenda - and in many cases, lines their pockets.
Erick, the folks doing the vilifying do not care. They want mayhem. Their goal is to destabilize and destroy America. Again, this is not the politics of 20 - even 10 - years ago. This is asymmetrical warfare. Until people on the side of true justice figure that out, it’s going to continue until there is nothing left to figure out. That is the truth.
Maybe The Rolling Stones were a little prophetic in their song “ Sympathy for the Devil” when they used the line “ every cop a criminal and every sinner saint”
There are three fields I no longer recommend to young people: teaching, health care, and law enforcement. Between the lack of respect and the personal risks people in those careers take, it's not worth it. Of the three, only some health care workers (nurses, particularly) are offered good wages, but even with the money, they are leaving in droves, burned out and done with all the politicking.
It really is damned if you do, damned if you don't anymore.
AMEN
I don't know how it became a foregone conclusion that the default first responder for any "situation" is an armed agent of the state. Why do we, as American citizens, accept this as normal?
One HAS to wonder, and to dare ask the question, instead of simply whistling past the graveyard: Where are we heading as a nation when one side cannot agree with another side SIMPLY BECAUSE they are on "different" sides? When truth is spinned into a narrative to fit one's feelings then there is no longer "the truth" based on facts. I think I am summing up some of Erick's thoughts from the past week's shows, but that's simply because when thinking rationally they make sense. There is truth and facts and they both matter. The spinning of the truth serves to dizzy the masses and while dizzy the masses are failing to unite and see what is happening to our representative democracy (republic). I'm so glad God is still in control and because of THAT FACT I can sleep at night.
I agree, but I hasten add that the failure to distinguish is laid at the feet of both left and right, witness the weeping and gnashing of teeth over the conviction of Derek Chauvin.
Perhaps Ms. Newsome is unaware of how many times those "teenage fights" with knives end in death. Tanaya Lewis is currently in prison after stabbing Danyna Gibson to death with a "kitchen style steak knife" in one of those "teenage fights". Matthew Borges stabbed and then beheaded Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino at age 15. Abel Cedeno stabbed Matthew McCree to death...15 years old. And Monday, in Cincinatti Ohio, 13 year old Nyaira Givens was stabbed to death by another 13 year old. But yeah, hey...police should just let them fight it out, right?