Since Michael Brown was killed while resisting arrest,
the Black/African American (B/AA) community has been in protest mode. The overall claim, as I am understanding it,
is police brutality. In these cases, a
young Black man was unarmed and was shot by a white police officer. A few months later, an older Black man was
killed by white police officers. Shortly
later, a very young Black male was again shoot to death by a white police
officer. Ok, so I can see some outrage
at the fact that the deaths of three Black people where at the hands of white
police officers. What I can’t
understand, and this is where I need help; why are there protest for two Black
men who were resisting arrest and not for a young Black man who was playing at
a park? What am I missing here?
Is the Black community telling the rest of the world
that they can commit a crime, resist arrest and not have anything happen to
them? Yet, a young boy who is playing in
the park can be shot to death and that’s ok?
I am a white male, now in his 50’s who has broken a
few laws over the years. Each time I
have been arrested, I have not resisted.
I know that I broke the law, and that I have to pay for the crime. Thus, the police officer is only doing their job
by arresting me. Those arrests have been
from waking me up from a dead sleep, to being pulled over in a car, and even a
simple knock on the door.
I thought it was common sense that if you break the
law, don’t resist! If you didn’t break
the law, but you are still being arrested for suspicion, don’t resist! By resisting you are creating more problems
for yourself, no matter if you are White, Black, Hispanic, pink or purple.
So again, I must ask this question: Why is it ok to be protesting the death of
two people who were resisting arrest and not to be protesting the senseless
death of a young boy who was playing in a park?
The only answer I can think of, is that a group of
people would rather cause more harm by getting people all worked up for the
wrong reason, then to deal with an issue that has many layers to it. A young boy is bored, and playing at a
neighborhood park. An officer wrongfully
shoots him. A parent gives a young Black boy a play gun, that in itself
considering that there is a false perception about Blacks and guns should not
have happened. So why is no one protesting
this wrongful death?
I want to understand, so please feel free to leave
comments free of hate and help me better understand.
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