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Last night, I heard a Black gentleman say something on the radio that does not get enough attention. He pointed out that the problem is not too much policing in the Black community, but rather not enough. His example was that whenever a Black youth tries to do good: get a job, go to school, pursue the American dream, etc.; the thugs in the hood will inevitably make his life miserable.
According to this guy, there is a gauntlet from hell to navigate for anyone trying to rise out of the slum. Harassment from gangs, drug addicts, other youths, etc. is common. Go to the bus stop, get robbed. Walk home from school, get beaten up. Carry books, they get vandalized...that sort of thing. He said the thing the community needs is community policing: cops walking the beat. Lots of them.
The gist of his argument was that this black lives matter crap has created animosity between the community and the only people who can possibly save them--the police. The lie that the police is out to get them has created a dangerous environment for those cops. Hence, fewer are going into the community. And, the idea of them walking a beat, in areas where now they may end up ambushed and shot at by a sniper or attacked by a lunatic, is off the table. Cops now just go into those areas when called and crimes have already been committed.
That is a huge problem. And, the Social Justice Warriors who have created this animosity and are stoking the flames of social unrest and cop-hating are to blame for it getting worse.
According to this guy, there is a gauntlet from hell to navigate for anyone trying to rise out of the slum. Harassment from gangs, drug addicts, other youths, etc. is common. Go to the bus stop, get robbed. Walk home from school, get beaten up. Carry books, they get vandalized...that sort of thing. He said the thing the community needs is community policing: cops walking the beat. Lots of them.
The gist of his argument was that this black lives matter crap has created animosity between the community and the only people who can possibly save them--the police. The lie that the police is out to get them has created a dangerous environment for those cops. Hence, fewer are going into the community. And, the idea of them walking a beat, in areas where now they may end up ambushed and shot at by a sniper or attacked by a lunatic, is off the table. Cops now just go into those areas when called and crimes have already been committed.
That is a huge problem. And, the Social Justice Warriors who have created this animosity and are stoking the flames of social unrest and cop-hating are to blame for it getting worse.