For his role in spearheading a protest movement and amplifying an ongoing discussion about racial inequality in America, Colin Kaepernick has been rewarded with death threats. “To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way,” he said. “There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” (Huffington Post)
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Terence Crutcher was simply checking out his car that had broken down, when cops found him. Police claimed that Terence “failed to follow repeated commands” and reached into his car. “There was a Taser deployment and a short time later there was one shot fired,” Tulsa police Jeanne MacKenzie told reporters. However, no weapon was found. In fact, Terrence had his hands up walking towards the police in the video, and the second he put them down, cop Betty Shelby fired.(The GED Section)
Sorry folks, it is not about dishonoring the flag, or the anthem or not being a patriot. It is about a bunch of Americans who happen to be black. Its not standing at attention as so many people claim, to honor the service of the police, if in fact some of the police continue to stand together and dishonor people’s lives. My father was a Pittsburgh Police Sargent, I spent many summer vacations attending the Fraternal Order of Police conventions. I met hundreds of good Cops, but my dad also reminded me that just because they have a badge, a uniform and a gun, NOT all of them are the good guys. Respect their authority he told my sisters and I. But be aware they are human and humans are sometimes frail and make wrong decisions.
We are living in a delusional world, currently we all know it. We let Trump who spews racist, anti-semite, mysogynistic venom slither freely as if he IS the guy who God chose to be president. We permit an entire Cable news network to lie, lie and lie again about facts. We are enthralled by witch hunts because someone’ last name is Clinton. The media feigns innocence by not confronting the lies of a presidential candidate. And we yell and scream that if you really care about this nation you will not question police murdering black people, but conspire with death frets because a black man kneels for the national Anthem. COME ON America lets stop pretending we are not part of then problem.
