We have an injustice going on and every decent, justice seeking american should be screaming at the top of his lungs about it. We had a young black man shot in the head by a white cop! Where is the justice? EVERYONE should be demanding it! Lets look at it.

We had two people start their day in a normal manner a while back that led up to the terrible results stated above. How did a normal day end up being one of tragedy? One man went to work in his normal manner with what kind of attitude? Just another day with all the risks the law profession brings. In todays climate and culture those risks are becoming more substantial every day. The other man started his day in his usual manner, presumably, whatever that may have been. I know nothing about this man or his habits , but we all fall into some kind of routine and so I presume it was so with him. At some point on this fateful day their paths converged and ended in tragedy, why? The officer was doing his assigned duties one of which was to check car plates to see if they are current. Noticing that a cars plate was expired he pulled the car over. Everything is normal to this point…… right? Did he know any additional information about the driver? I don’t know, but stopping this car was part of his assigned duties. The man driving the car stopped and responded to the officer. How did he respond? I have no idea about the conversation they had, but at some point the driver decided that cooperating with given directions was not what he wanted to do. This WAS the critical point of this whole event. Only ONE of these men had the ability to STOP the escalation that was about to take place, and HE made a very bad choice, not the officer! Becoming confrontational with an officer is a bad choice at any time, and this quickly went beyond just confrontational. The driver and officer got into a physical altercation that was started for what reason? Again one of the men could have stopped this and it wasn’t the officer. At some point the officers gun was drawn and the other man ended up dying from a gun shot. Had he not fought with the officer or tried to get the officers other weapon (but he did) or had the onlookers helped the officer subdue this man, they should have, but they didn’t (after all the officer was protecting their neighborhood not his) the results would have had a different outcome………… BUT…….. they didn’t! Very sadly……… they didn’t, and and very sadly there wasn’t. Think of the officers position. He was suddenly in a struggle with a larger man that was trying to get at his weapon and he had no idea what this mans intentions were, but to this point they were not good! Choices were few for the officer. Pressure of the situation, fear, adrenalin, and the speed with which events unfolded, ended with the officer reacting with what he thought was last choice. NO one wants to go out and just shoot someone!! What a terrible choice that has to be to make but it was not HIM, that made the choice………. it was the driver.

As tragic as this “incident” was….. it was an incident, not anything more, but some see this not as a tragic incident, but rather as an opportunity! An opportunity to try to promote an agenda that is becoming viewed in a far less favorable light. When Al Sharpton shows up at any incident anywhere in the country the one thing you can be sure of is that it is about AL SHARPTON and the hate and discord he tries to engender. Now THERE is something that should be protested. Who are his supporters and why do they contribute to his causes? Mainly, I believe, it’s because they do not want to become a target of his retribution, boycotts and such. As far as I can see he has never helped anyone but himself no matter where it has been. Stir the pot…….. call for protests…….. have a rally……… ruin honest people………. encourage a riot……… get on TV…………. try to stay relevant. He and his tactics are becoming less popular and more rejected as time goes on but ……… the victims……. yes the victims what about them?

Who are the real victims? The family of the man that died certainly. I can not even imagine the pain that comes with the loss of a son, and wanting to blame someone other that their son and his upbringing is very understandable, but remember that he was the only one that had the choice to keep it from happening. It was a terrible outcome for a bad choice, but it was his choice. Then there is the officer involved. He has to live with the fact that he pulled the trigger that ended a mans life. Will he second guess himself for the rest of his life? Will he end his law enforcement career? He did not ask for any of this yet he has become the focus of the problem. Then the city……… what does the city go through because of the hate stirred up by Sharpton and those of his ilk. The protesters that demonstrate are who, and motivated by what? Both of these answers elude me because “common sense” seems to play no part in what they say or do. THEY are protesting the people that they want to protect them from harm if need be. I wonder if any of these protesters would be as vocal had the officer, struggling for his life, been their father or brother. Then there is the country as a whole. We all lose when lawlessness is allowed or worse yet encouraged. One only has to look at the results in Seattle, Chicago, L.A., Philly, San Francisco, Portland, or any other city that allows lawlessness. Candice Owens had it right when she decried the fact that the likes of Sharpton glorify the worst elements of the black society. Why….. WHY…….. do we have to fight these things? It makes no sense…… unless you can believe that all of these things are part and parcel of the good vs. evil struggle. Don’t look at incidents. Stand back and look at the whole picture. I think that these actions are another, (ongoing) assault on our way of life. Stand for what is right! Do not compromise to appease! Evil will not be compromised with! LETS PROTEST………. yes lets protest the responses to bad incidents by people, ( SHARPTON AND HIS ILK), that promote the hatred and discord. Lets have a march against THAT! Dave of the Woods