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It keeps happening. Some (armed or unarmed) black guy gets shot by a white cop, and the next day black protestors are out in the street raising hell. But over what ? Rather automatically, they claim it to be racism. The results can vary from looting, arson, property damage, to people getting physically injured or even killed (as in the Rodney King fallacy).
In the Rodney King fiasco, it was a case of intentional false reporting by a TV station that lit the spark, and that can happen, but more often it's just a case of insufficient education, resulting in people being unprepared for confrontations with police. Many police shootings were 100% avoidable. Didn't have to happen. Could easily have been averted.
Problem was, while inundating kids with a ton of pointless and useless knowledge, our illustrious education system fails to educate them about what they need to STAY ALIVE. I'm not talking about a great classic movie. I mean citizens (mostly young, black males) are dying because their clueless liberal teachers know nothing about guns and police, and don't instruct the kids about that.
It's not rocket science. All that is critical to be taught is follow closely directions that the police give. Keep hands empty and visible at all times. DO NOT reach behind you, into pockets or jackets, or into car windows, or anyplace where a cop can't see your hands. If you fail to adhere to this scenario, you are going to be shot and probably die.
Once your hand disappears from the cop's view, he can no longer defend himself from you possibly shooting him. You may be unarmed, but the cop has no way of knowing that. So what it comes down to is, if you allow your hand to disappear from view, from his standpoint, the cop must realize he could shot in a 1/2 second. That's all it take to whip out a gun and fire, and the cop isn't going to gamble his life, nor should he/she.
It's time for the schools to get a handle on this. They also don't do a very good job (if at all) of teaching criminal law. Kids are graduating from high school with zero knowledge about what is or isn't a crime. Most don't know it's a CRIME to hit or push somebody, and in some cases even just inflicting psychological injury is a felony.
Schools have not had the scrutiny they should be getting, and need to be taken to task, and citizens (especially the riot-prone ones) need to get educated. Classic example: Markeis McGlockton, married with 3 kids, and knocking a guy to the ground, right in front of video cameras at a convenience store. Did McGlockton even know this was a crime ? Did his school ever even mention it ?
In the Rodney King fiasco, it was a case of intentional false reporting by a TV station that lit the spark, and that can happen, but more often it's just a case of insufficient education, resulting in people being unprepared for confrontations with police. Many police shootings were 100% avoidable. Didn't have to happen. Could easily have been averted.
Problem was, while inundating kids with a ton of pointless and useless knowledge, our illustrious education system fails to educate them about what they need to STAY ALIVE. I'm not talking about a great classic movie. I mean citizens (mostly young, black males) are dying because their clueless liberal teachers know nothing about guns and police, and don't instruct the kids about that.
It's not rocket science. All that is critical to be taught is follow closely directions that the police give. Keep hands empty and visible at all times. DO NOT reach behind you, into pockets or jackets, or into car windows, or anyplace where a cop can't see your hands. If you fail to adhere to this scenario, you are going to be shot and probably die.
Once your hand disappears from the cop's view, he can no longer defend himself from you possibly shooting him. You may be unarmed, but the cop has no way of knowing that. So what it comes down to is, if you allow your hand to disappear from view, from his standpoint, the cop must realize he could shot in a 1/2 second. That's all it take to whip out a gun and fire, and the cop isn't going to gamble his life, nor should he/she.
It's time for the schools to get a handle on this. They also don't do a very good job (if at all) of teaching criminal law. Kids are graduating from high school with zero knowledge about what is or isn't a crime. Most don't know it's a CRIME to hit or push somebody, and in some cases even just inflicting psychological injury is a felony.
Schools have not had the scrutiny they should be getting, and need to be taken to task, and citizens (especially the riot-prone ones) need to get educated. Classic example: Markeis McGlockton, married with 3 kids, and knocking a guy to the ground, right in front of video cameras at a convenience store. Did McGlockton even know this was a crime ? Did his school ever even mention it ?