Hello people,
did you know that the police in the USA have killed more people in 24 days than the police in the UK have killed in 100 years.In the USA your chances of getting killed by a police officer are much greater than getting killed by a terrorist.
See:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/us-police-shot-more-people-dead-last-month-than-british-officers-did-in-95-years-a6769316.html
Within 48 hours beginning July 5th,2016,two cops in the USA were captured on video shooting 2 unarmed black men to death. One incident occurred in Baton Rouge,Louisiana which was the murder of 37 year old Alton Sterling,a father of five.The second occurred a day later near St.Paul,Minnesota,involving the murder of 32 year old Philando Castile.
Then on July 7th,2016 in retaliation,Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and fired upon a group of police officers in Dallas,Texas,killing five officers and injuring nine others. Two bystanders were also wounded. Johnson was a US Army Reserve Afghan War veteran who the Dallas police allege was angry over police shootings of black men and stated that he wanted to kill white people,especially white police officers.The shooting happened at the end of a peaceful Black Lives Matter-organized protest against police killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge,Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.US President Barack Obama called Micah's actions despicable.
Then on Sunday morning,July 17th,2016 three police officers were fatally shot in Baton Rouge and three others were wounded, according to officials,in what one witness described as a fusillade of dozens of shots shattering the calm of a Sunday morning.
The gunman,who was African-American,was killed at the scene.A law enforcement official identified the gunman as Gavin E. Long,29 an ex-marine.Speaking from the White House,Obama said there was no justification for Sunday's "cowardly and reprehensible" violence against law enforcement."Regardless of motive, the death of these three brave officers underscores the danger that police across the country confront every single day," Obama said.
If you notice Obama didn't call the actions committed by the police officers who murdered Sterling and Castille as cowardly,reprehensible or despicable. When you consider Sterling was pinned to the ground by several police officers and then shot at point blank range.While Johnson and Long committed their murders knowing damn well they would die as a result of their actions. They both put their lives on the line
for a cause.Then Obama considers them cowards while a cop who kills an unarmed citizen with impunity is not.
In 2014 when 18 year old unarmed Michael Brown from Ferguson,Missouri and unarmed Eric Gardener from Staten Island,New York were murdered by the police.Obama also did not describe their actions as cowardly,reprehensible or despicable.
As a matter of fact 18 year old Michael Brown laid dead on the ground for four hours before any one decided to cover him up. Never does President Obama even bother to mention this fact. Instead after the racist prosecutor declined to file
charges against the murderer Darren Wilson,Obama defended the prosecutor's decision.
I don't fancy George Bush.But in April,1992 when four police officers were acquitted for battering Rodney King,Bush called the acquittal despicable. He got the Attorney General to file federal charges against those LA cops and two of them were convicted and went to prison.Bush at least had spine and was not a suck up like Obama.
Further,Obama is very quick to condemn Johnson and Long and even calling Long a "coward". Perhaps Obama is the "coward" and Long and Johnson are products or victims or a corrupt,unjust and repressive social system. In other words a martyr. Let's have a closer look.
The US since the 1970s has had a very conservative Supreme Court expanding the probative values to law enforcement officers. Police kill over 300 people a year in the line of duty with impunity.
You have a Republican congress that disenfranchises many citizens. In the 1990s Bill Clinton got many laws passed that increased the incarceration rate rather significantly.
In 1970 the average corporate exec of a big corporation earned 40 times as much as the average joe at the same company. Today that same corporate exec earns over 700 times as much s that person in that same entry level position.
Even those who manage to get student loans,after graduating they are in so much debt they can't afford to buy a house or a car.
Then you have the military. During the Vietnam War only one member of the US Congress had their offspring engage in combat in Vietnam.Today,many members of the US Congress are very quick to start wars and send US soldiers to foreign countries to get shot at and perhaps die. However, none of their kids will be engaging in combat. Then when these soldiers do return the government is quick to screw them out of their entitlements. It is no wonder that every day 22 US vets commit suicide.
See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_veteran_suicide
So what we have here is 2 black men returning home from serving in the US armed forces. Fighting in wars to defend the interests of the rich and powerful corporations. Then they get no respect when they come home. The Congress screws them out of their benefits and legislatures try to restrict their voting rights.
The economic situation is so bad that the American Dream becomes exactly what it is "a dream".
It also doesn't help having an NRA that supports an individual's rights to carry machine guns.
Then you have police killing people with impunity and a US attorney general who doesn't prosecute these cops who murder unarmed US citizens and a President who defends the actions of the police and supporting prosecutors decisions not to prosecute these police officers. This makes these military veterans feel devastated. As I said earlier it is no surprise that every day 22 military veterans commit suicide. Feeling suicidal what better thing to do then take out some of the bastards who made you feel suicidal.
Johnson and Long should not be perceived as culprits for slaying these police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.They are just products of a corrupt social and political system. The real culprit is the coward Barack Obama. If two years
ago when Michael Brown and Eric Garner were murdered at the hands of white racist cops. Had Obama spoken out or had his black attorney general taken some action against the police in Ferguson and New York City, those cops in Dallas and Baton
Rouge would probably still be alive today.
On July 5 and July 6 in 2016 had Obama condemned the actions of the police who killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castile those five police officers in Dallas and three cops in Baton Rouge may still be alive.
Obama's actions of not criticizing the murders committed by police and supporting the system that protects these bastards,only creates an image in many Americans brains that they are less than human. It is no surprise there is such a result as what happened on July 7 and July 17 in 2016.Obama is the real coward and is the real murderer. OBAMA HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.
