" if you have listened to some in the media, purported civil rights leader Al Sharpton, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and others around the country over the last several weeks, you're forced to believe that nearly all of America's local and state police are out to kill minorities.
But Kerik, himself, is perpetuating a lie. Neither Al Sharpton nor NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that nearly all of America's local and state police are out to kill minorities. Nor are we "forced" to believe anything from "some in the media" when we have video evidence, one video in particular detailing the hideous facts of Eric Garner's chokehold death.
Not all cops are bad. Good cops would denounce a shirt emblazoned with the insensitive taunt: "I CAN BREATHE". Bad cops serve up savage power on behalf of the oppressor class, functioning to intimidate and immobilize anyone who challenges authority.
There are good protesters and there are bad protesters. Good protesters chant: "Black lives matter", "All life matters", End the violence", and "I can't breathe." Bad protesters shout, "Kill more cops."
Because Mayor de Blasio had expressed support for protesters of police power, the need for police reform, had admitted engaging in that talk with his son, the talk parents of Black males must have about encounters with police, officers turned their backs to him when he entered the hospital after Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered. If only de Blasio had told them to turn something else, "Your badges, turn them in."
Instead, the mayor soon announced a moratorium on protests, bowing, licking brutality's boots, and ceding more of our liberties. We shouldn't be surprised.
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