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[Chitown Kev]

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Haven't been around here much...but I did have to rant about that town hall last night.

With all due respect, Mr. President, that town hall was bulls*it
by Chitown Kev

I love you Mr. President, but that town hall was weak sauce.

First of all, law enforcement officials appear to not to want to accept any culpability in these problems whatsoever and you seem content to let them get away with it.

Again with the black male-on-black male crime and the fact that the police perceive black men as a threat.

Mr. President, you know that most people (male and female) in black communities are law abiding American citizens who would like to have crimes like murder and drug trafficking and gang violence reduced in their neighborhood.

We need law enforcement in our communities to do their job in capturing the criminals that are a threat to our own safety.

A man selling bootlegged CDs to make a few extra bucks is not perceived to be a threat; in fact, he had the permission of the store owner to be there.

And Alton Sterling sure didn’t deserve to be shot in cold blood.

A broken taillight (or having a “wide-set nose”) was enough to get Philando Castile killed even after he duly informed the LEO that he had a firearm and a permit to carry it. He was murdered in front of his child.

Selling loose cigarettes got Eric Garner killed.

And I don’t even remember the minor traffic violation that resulted in the eventual death of Sandra Bland in Texas.

Rekia Boyd, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Laquan McDonald...that list goes on and on and on…

And I’m just talking about the legally sanctioned killings of black people...lets not EVEN get into issues involving LEOs that use black communities to gin up city revenue (such as what happened in Ferguson).

Let’s not even get into police departments infested with “ghost skins” and Klansmen...those LEOs are probably not going to be a threat to white people….and that was reported by the FBI a decade ago.

Mr. President, a problem cannot be solved if one of the parties is unwilling to admit that there is a problem and/or whines and rationalizes when confronted with solid evidence.

Police unions are not dealing in good faith with black communities in that regard and you know it.

Oh well...it’s an election year and have to keep the white folks happy I guess...after all, it is an election year.

In regards to what BLM is protesting, black citizens are not the problem, law enforcement is the problem.

And until you and law enforcement admits that, there’s really nowhere we can go with the problem of policing in black communities, nothing to be reconciled, and no healing to be had….except for the white folks, that is.

You can agree or you can throw tomatoes if you wish.
This is my story and I am sticking with it.

Oops. Forgot to link!

[Stellar]

1. Thank You Kev...

for sharing, but I didn't even listen to it and I get p/o when he says and does things just for the white community, to make them feel better, at least that's the way it seem to me. He appears to talk to us like kids and at 71, I don't need that...and I hate that. When #BLM went to see Hillary, the only thing I remember about that was when he said to 'stop yelling at Hillary'.
So, right now...I really can't listen to anything he has to say about or to Black folks, I don't have the strength. Sorry.

[bravenak]

3. I feel the same way

He obviously is not speaking to US.

[Stellar]

4. Apparently. nt

[bravenak]

5. I try not to roll my eyes.

Then I roll them super hard anyway.

[Stellar]

6. LOL! OK I feel better now.

Thank you angel.

[bravenak]

2. I agree

I feel like he thinks he has to say certain things to appeal to white people. Honestly, sometimes I wish he'd say the real or be quiet rather than speak up if he's going to go that way with it.

Sandra Bland failed to use a turn signal when she switched lanes and was smoking a cigarette that she thought she had the right to smoke in her own car. Arrested for not putting out her cig. Dead.

There is a disconnect with him when he tries to speak on race in some ways. Not knocking him but he ain't never lived that life. There are different levels of bullshit that those of us who are living in the areas and do not have a Law Degree deal with compared to him. Plus him having to 'prove' he's not on the side of the shooter (I have no idea why we are expected to prove we don't agree with the shooter while they never had to prove they disagree with Dylann Roof, but hey, just another black tax) seems to muddy the waters.

That town hall did nothing for me.

[JI7]

7. he feels he needs to do it because he is president

[kwassa]

8. President Bill Clinton did town hall discussions on race in the late 90s ....

and had a whole commission on the issue ....

didn't have much effect.

http://www.civilrights.org/monitor/vol9_no2_3/art4.html

[heaven05]

9. there is

truth here.