A week ago today a black man, George Floyd, was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Three OTHER officers stood by and watched as the cop had his knee on the neck of the (handcuffed) victim for almost 9 minutes. (This excessive force was all captured on videos, and broadcast around the world.) Mr. Floyd DIED a few hours later, and though the four officers were quickly dismissed from their jobs and the MAIN perp was eventually (after a few days) charged with third degree murder, many (including me) were correctly ANGERED by this. I, personally, think he should get FIRST degree murder...(I have reasons for this which I may get into in a FUTURE blog.) Additionally, as far as I know, the OTHER three cops who stood by while this poor man was pleading "I can't breathe" should be charged, ALSO...but have not been yet.
What I do want to discuss this morning is the STILL ongoing ***RIOTS*** which are happening all over the nation, a week later.
PEACEFUL PROTESTS are entirely warranted in this situation, and, frankly, on the basis of Ecclesiastes 8:11 (New King James Version), even THEY might not have happened had the Democrats in charge of Minnesota acted much QUICKER. I am SO proud of my birthplace, Newark, NJ, for holding a PEACEFUL protest on Saturday!! Hundreds of people gathered at the "Seated Lincoln" statue in Newark (see photo above, "Lincoln" is in the middle). Given Newark's rep for RIOTS in 1967 (I lived there at the time), I was afraid that NEWARK would follow the lead of OTHER cities and riot AGAIN. I was PRAYING that that Lincoln statue wouldn't be vandalized because my mom used to take me to sit by Abe when I was a little boy (I was born on his birthday, Feb. 12th.) My wife and I watched the Newark protest on TV and it was ORDERLY, thanks mostly to the efforts of Newark Mayor RAZ BARAKA. It would seem that Raz wanted CALM, unlike his dad, Imamu Baraka (then known as Leroi Jones), who incited violence in those '67 riots. By the way, in the photo the guy in the yellow shirt is a guy I went to Arts High School with from 1969-1972, Larry Hamm. He and Raz did a GREAT job keeping this protest PEACEFUL (though there were a few MINOR incidents, OVERALL it was very peaceful.....Lincoln was unscathed, no CARS or STORES were set on fire or looted, and so on.) Raz, like myself, seems to have learned from his father's mistakes in life.
LOOTING, ARSON AND VIOLENCE however are the NORM in other (Democrat) controlled cities here in New Jersey, and all around the country. Most often, the thugs doing this are NOT wearing masks or "Social Distancing" while committing these crimes, but the Democrat Governors and Mayors are overlooking the crimes AND the fact that these miscreants aren't following the Coronavirus safety gudelines they've meticulously laid down. Yet, these same PHONY Democrat politicians have been discouraging, harassing and inhibiting law-abiding citizens WILLING to follow the guidelines if they can only be allowed to re-open their businesses and work!! DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE DESTRUCTIVE AND DISCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE PRODUCTIVE.
And, their unwillingness to even criticize those who despise the Guidelines make me think that the Coronavirus Crisis is being used to SCARE people.
I think I've counted 27 cities (all run by Dems) where riots are raging and very often, these criminals are destroying their own neighborhoods and BLACK-OWNED businesses....all under the pretense of making a point about George Floyd. Some punks even spray-painted part of the Lincoln Memorial, in D.C.!! It's sickening. And, it's EVIL. Furthermore, HATRED (and that's what it is) only validates hatred and taking REVENGE only paves the way for MORE revenge by the ones you think you're "getting back at." Martin Luther King understood that boomerang effect, so he led PEACEFUL protests.
.....and when Dr. King spoke at the Lincoln Memorial in front of SO many people, there was NO graffiti left behind.
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