Cannon Hinnant’s murderer was hunted down, arrested and charged. Rusten Sheskey, who shot Jacob Blake in the back is sitting at home on leave. I believe it’s paid leave.
If the law and order crowd was really concerned about kids getting killed, they would have done something about Sandy Hook. Twenty kids got murdered in cold blood there, and all they had was “thoughts and prayers.” They’re cynically using the murder of a child to cravenly provide a cover story for their racist beliefs. At best, they want black people to shut up and go back to the back of the bus because this is really uncomfortable and inconvenient for them. But more likely, in their night thoughts they think they’re all thugs and savages and cop killers. It only goes downhill from there.
Do you know how many cops were killed in the line of duty in 2019? 89. They have a per capita fatality rate 50% lower than *bartenders.* Of those 89, 41 died in accidents with 18 of those being in motor vehicle accidents. 48 Died as the result of felonious activity on the part of criminals.
Every person dying before their time is a tragedy. But think about that number. 48. 48 Human beings no more or less valuable than you or the next person. 48 Cops killed by criminal acts in the line of duty. On the other hand, police shot and killed 1,016 people in the same year. Unless you think that cops should be allowed to act as judge, jury and executioner and that criminals “get what they deserve” you should be shocked and appaled at that number. Although African Americans are killed by the police (dare I say “murdered”) at a much higher rate, yes, a larger number of those killed were white than black because whites make up 85% of the population. And that should make you angry, too. We have what has become a paramilitary force that is less well-trained than our actual military roaming our streets with far more liberal rules of engagement.
The…cops…will…kill…you and get away with it, white or black. Search on the murder of Daniel Shaver. It’s much more likely if you’re African American, however.
The police are not being killed at alarming rates despite what Fox News tells you. Cop killings make for good copy and sell ads thus most of them make the news. These overreactions and racially-motivated assaults by police are almost entirely unwarranted. Conservative propaganda would have you believe that 1 in 10 African Americans is a cop killer or violent criminal, and that cops are under siege like American streets are akin to Fallujah circa 2004.
The only time our streets are like Fallujah is when the police (and now vigilantes acting with their consent) turn weapons of war on the people. This should disgust you. This is far closer to martial law than anything else that’s happened in recent memory. Getting told (but not forced) to stay home and having your favorite bar closed because of a pandemic virus is not house arrest or martial law. Having paramilitaries in the streets firing tear gas at protestors who started off as peaceful while irregulars roam the streets with assault weapons is martial law. Hell, it’s not even martial law. It’s the beginning of crazy 3rd world Fascist barbarism.
Murder is an exceedingly rare crime. About 6,280 African Americans were arrested for murder in 2018. While they are arrested at a much higher rate than whites for murder, the overall crime rate is a lot more even. Blacks still commit more crimes per capita. But, it’s a much closer ratio. But if you take into consideration that the *BIGGEST* demographic predictor of criminal activity is poverty and that, disproportionately, in America to be black is to be poor, there’s your explanation for that. People want to confuse correlation with causation because it supports their confirmation bias.
There is no media bias here. Hinnant’s shooter is being brought to justice. Blake’s is not. He may face charges, but statistically speaking, he’s almost certainly going to be acquitted. Even on the off chance that he’s convicted it will be for a far less serious charge than that of attempted murder. Hate crimes won’t even be considered, nor will criminal acts under the color of law. Justice will not be served. That’s why their are protests. That’s why there are riots. That’s why there’s national coverage.
So, yes. Stop.