First, the bad news, I'll come to the good news in a moment.
A black youth was killed by a police officer, in Ferguson. That is an accepted fact. And it is of course, very sad that yet another life has been violently ended. It is not clear if the police officer will be charged for the death.
The youth, Michael Brown, certainly won't now be tried for the violence and intimidation that he inflicted upon a shopkeeper from whom he stole, immediately prior to the shooting event. As we have seen in recent days, the almost cherubic image that is portrayed by the photograph displayed on British media, is now transitioning to a more complete picture. This is a picture of a 6' 4" individual weighing 290 lbs (130Kg). You get a good sense of what those bare statistics mean when one views the confrontation between Michael Brown and the diminutive shopkeeper. Michael Brown was a powerful young man and seemingly was prepared to use that power in furtherance of criminal activity.
Indeed, the circumstances surrounding the shooting are in dispute but Darren Wilson, the police officer that shot and fatally wounded Michael Brown, was assaulted by Brown. The degree of Wilson's injuries is disputed - some saying a swollen and bruised face and others saying a fractured eye-socket. What isn't disputed is that Wilson did suffer injuries. Also that prior to this, Wilson had a clean disciplinary history in his 4 years with the police department.
There is a clamour for Officer Wilson to be tried for the 'murder' of Michael Brown. It will come as no surprise that the usual suspect, race-baiter (and sometimes FBI snitch) Al Sharpton is leading the charge for Wilson's arraignment. Sharpton, you may recall, led the campaign related to the case of Tawana Brawley, in 1987. This, then 15 year-old girl, made accusations that she was raped by 6 white men. These allegations were found to be entirely without foundation though not before Sharpton whipped-up community anger and garnered much media attention by insisting that the alleged rape was racially motivated.
This time, Sharpton has a black president in the White House and a black Attorney General and these two now come onto the scene. President Obama's comments have been reasonably moderate as he needs to be mindful of not prejudicing the ongoing inquiries (and also no doubt his plunging poll ratings). Eric Holder has been somewhat cautious in his remarks but has shown by his visit to the family of Brown and comments about his experience as a black man, where his sympathies lie.
Eric Holder though, is the good news we have all been waiting for.
Eric Holder has discovered that he has jurisdiction over the FBI. Indeed such power that he can order that the FBI sends 40 investigators to look into the shooting of Michael Brown and 'establish the truth'.
Now I think this is very encouraging.
I am heartened by Holder now finding out that he can order the FBI to conduct investigations. Perhaps he can now move away from such issues as the Michael Brown case, which stir so many negative memories from his own youth, and move on to other matters which pre-date Michael Brown's death.
I am talking about, Holder setting the FBI loose on the IRS scandal or the deaths in Benghazi of 4 American citizens. Or investigating the scandal surrounding the porous southern US border or the flagrant disregard for human life shown by personnel within the Veterans Administration. Other than the IRS scandal, these issues have all generated far more deaths than the single tragedy that was Michael Brown.
I know that most people would expect that any investigation of these scandals would bring hard times for the Obama administration but, when Holder isn't playing the race card -given the frequency that he does play this card, he must surely be using two decks - he insists that the integrity of his office requires that he act properly etc. and so we can surely expect that now that Holder knows he has an investigative arm, he will use this on these scandals? Do you think??
I know that former IRS chief, Lois Lerner, keeps taking 'the fifth' but surely a concerted effort by the FBI can discover or recover some or all of those deleted e-mails? In this digital age, our electronic 'prints' go far, deep and wide!
Similarly, the premier investigators at the FBI could uncover the conspiracy at the heart of the maladministration of the VA? Shinseki fell on his sword and was replaced but the fundamentals - veterans being denied medical treatment for extended periods of time - continue. The head has been changed but the cancer at the heart of the administration carries on eating away and causing the unnecessary deaths of former military personnel.
Maybe the investigators could also look into the activities of the race-baiter, Al Sharpton. This man has made an industry out of his hatred of white people. He loses no opportunity play the blame game - the one where all of the ills of society are the fault of the white man! In a world where children get suspended from school, because they abuse another child by calling their actions 'gay', surely the hatred that spews from the maw of Sharpton is an actual crime, in addition to being an aural one?
Take heart though! Holder now knows he can investigate!!
A black youth was killed by a police officer, in Ferguson. That is an accepted fact. And it is of course, very sad that yet another life has been violently ended. It is not clear if the police officer will be charged for the death.
The youth, Michael Brown, certainly won't now be tried for the violence and intimidation that he inflicted upon a shopkeeper from whom he stole, immediately prior to the shooting event. As we have seen in recent days, the almost cherubic image that is portrayed by the photograph displayed on British media, is now transitioning to a more complete picture. This is a picture of a 6' 4" individual weighing 290 lbs (130Kg). You get a good sense of what those bare statistics mean when one views the confrontation between Michael Brown and the diminutive shopkeeper. Michael Brown was a powerful young man and seemingly was prepared to use that power in furtherance of criminal activity.
Indeed, the circumstances surrounding the shooting are in dispute but Darren Wilson, the police officer that shot and fatally wounded Michael Brown, was assaulted by Brown. The degree of Wilson's injuries is disputed - some saying a swollen and bruised face and others saying a fractured eye-socket. What isn't disputed is that Wilson did suffer injuries. Also that prior to this, Wilson had a clean disciplinary history in his 4 years with the police department.
There is a clamour for Officer Wilson to be tried for the 'murder' of Michael Brown. It will come as no surprise that the usual suspect, race-baiter (and sometimes FBI snitch) Al Sharpton is leading the charge for Wilson's arraignment. Sharpton, you may recall, led the campaign related to the case of Tawana Brawley, in 1987. This, then 15 year-old girl, made accusations that she was raped by 6 white men. These allegations were found to be entirely without foundation though not before Sharpton whipped-up community anger and garnered much media attention by insisting that the alleged rape was racially motivated.
This time, Sharpton has a black president in the White House and a black Attorney General and these two now come onto the scene. President Obama's comments have been reasonably moderate as he needs to be mindful of not prejudicing the ongoing inquiries (and also no doubt his plunging poll ratings). Eric Holder has been somewhat cautious in his remarks but has shown by his visit to the family of Brown and comments about his experience as a black man, where his sympathies lie.
Eric Holder though, is the good news we have all been waiting for.
Eric Holder has discovered that he has jurisdiction over the FBI. Indeed such power that he can order that the FBI sends 40 investigators to look into the shooting of Michael Brown and 'establish the truth'.
Now I think this is very encouraging.
I am heartened by Holder now finding out that he can order the FBI to conduct investigations. Perhaps he can now move away from such issues as the Michael Brown case, which stir so many negative memories from his own youth, and move on to other matters which pre-date Michael Brown's death.
I am talking about, Holder setting the FBI loose on the IRS scandal or the deaths in Benghazi of 4 American citizens. Or investigating the scandal surrounding the porous southern US border or the flagrant disregard for human life shown by personnel within the Veterans Administration. Other than the IRS scandal, these issues have all generated far more deaths than the single tragedy that was Michael Brown.
I know that most people would expect that any investigation of these scandals would bring hard times for the Obama administration but, when Holder isn't playing the race card -given the frequency that he does play this card, he must surely be using two decks - he insists that the integrity of his office requires that he act properly etc. and so we can surely expect that now that Holder knows he has an investigative arm, he will use this on these scandals? Do you think??
I know that former IRS chief, Lois Lerner, keeps taking 'the fifth' but surely a concerted effort by the FBI can discover or recover some or all of those deleted e-mails? In this digital age, our electronic 'prints' go far, deep and wide!
Similarly, the premier investigators at the FBI could uncover the conspiracy at the heart of the maladministration of the VA? Shinseki fell on his sword and was replaced but the fundamentals - veterans being denied medical treatment for extended periods of time - continue. The head has been changed but the cancer at the heart of the administration carries on eating away and causing the unnecessary deaths of former military personnel.
Maybe the investigators could also look into the activities of the race-baiter, Al Sharpton. This man has made an industry out of his hatred of white people. He loses no opportunity play the blame game - the one where all of the ills of society are the fault of the white man! In a world where children get suspended from school, because they abuse another child by calling their actions 'gay', surely the hatred that spews from the maw of Sharpton is an actual crime, in addition to being an aural one?
Take heart though! Holder now knows he can investigate!!
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