What sort of example does a life of crime set for children?
Ask your president because these men did not have lives of crime. You keep validating my overall premise, The root cause of the problems blacks face is white racism.
I don't know what planet you have been living on...."these men did not have lives of crime???
Let's see...George Floyd...in and out of jail and prison, again and again. For him, incarceration was just a revolving door. It doesn't take much research to find that out about him. RESISTED ARREST.
Alton Sterling, shop owners said that he carried a gun and had robbed people. When being arrested, he had a handgun in his pocket. RESISTED ARREST.
Samuel Debose, Prison for drug trafficking. RESISTED ARREST.
Philando Castile, This was a particularly tragic case. As a concealed carry individual myself. I am aware that you are indeed required to inform the officer that you have a license to carry a firearm and that the firearm is on your person. At that point YOU DON'T REACH IN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE YOUR FIREARM IS. The cop even told him to NOT reach in that direction. Castile was right handed, his pistol was on his right hip AND his wallet was in his right rear pocket. Even though Castile was told NOT to reach in that direction, he did so anyway, to no doubt retrieve his wallet, located on the same side as his gun. Bad decision on Castile's part. What he should have done was keep his hands on the steering wheel or dashboard and ASKED the officer for directions, as his wallet was in his back right pocket, which was located on the same side as his pistol. The officer would have instructed Castile to step out of the car while keeping his hands visible. Once out of the car, the officer then would remove the handgun from Castile's holster, remove the magazine and a shell that could be in the chamber, then set it on the hood of the car. Once that is done, he would have instructed Castile to present his wallet, or, retrieved the wallet himself. At the conclusion of their interaction, the officer would have allowed Castile to replace his gun in the holster and step back into the car. Sadly, end result....he reached when he absolutely should not have.
Eric Garner, He had been arrested for selling cigarettes without a license on previous occasions. When they noticed him doing this again, they approached and arrested him, or at least tried. He said he wasn't selling cigarettes and.....RESISTED ARREST.
Rashard Brooks, The cops were called to a report of a man asleep in a car. Upon arrival, they determined that Brooks was behind the wheel of the car and under the influence of alcohol. If I were the officer, I would have had Brooks give me the name and number of someone who could drive him home and made that arrangement and let it go. But, I'm not that officer. Anyone found to be DUI behind the steering wheel of a car, even if the car isn't moving, can in fact, be arrested and given a night in jail to sleep it off. So, up to that point, they were all fine. The problem was, Brooks decided to actually "fight" with the cops, grab one of their tasers, started running, turned, aimed it at the cops, turned back around and resumed running. Baaad idea! RESISTED ARREST.
Now, the tragic case of Philando Castile aside, do you notice a "common theme" here? I'll give you a hint....it has something to do with cooperation.
Quite frankly, a hell of a lot more white trash is shot and killed by cops because of their "lack of cooperation," than their black counterparts.
Do we ******'s run around screaming about it and looting and rioting. No. We recognize that if you have enough brain-cell matter between your ears, you know to cooperate with the cops and if you don't...….well...…..whatever happens, that's on you.
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