From the WSJ, 10/24/16, “The Myth of the Racist Cop” by Heather MacDonald.
The BLM movement shouts that policing is “biased and violent and unfair.” In certain instances, a rarity, statistically insignificant overall, (But certainly not to those who are affected) that is true. It is also true that violence toward businesses, cops, our citizenry by agitators whose goal is not justice, but vegence-fun-looting-etc. If you believe in non-violent protest as MLK, Ghandi and many others have shown the way, then what has happened is shameful. Many leaders in DC give cover to the BLMers, shame on them.
900 more black men have been killed this year. Most of them have been killed by other black males, not police. If black live really matter, why aren’t we hearing and seeing the same kind of anger and protests about this horrific carnage? Homicides are up 12% nationally, 47% more police officers have been killed this year. Chicago is a battlefield, assaults in Chicago on police are up 100%, 23% up in NYC. These assaults are on officers of all races, genders.
“The BLM narrative about an epidemic of racially based police shootings is false. Four studies published this year showed that if there is a bias in police shootings, it works in favor of blacks and against whites,” says the WSJ article.
As usual, a small minority of people whose motives are insurrection, willful damage and injury get all the headlines. Calmer heads must prevail so that unfair treatment is investigated and those responsible have consequences for their actions. The media is way too passive not criticizing the lawlessness we have seen over the past couple of years.