12-09-2014, 06:04 AM
If you can't see the difference between refusing to sit in the back of the bus and burning down your neighbor's business, there really isn't much I can say thats going to open your eyes. There's a right way to protest, and a wrong way to protest. One has proven to get results, the other has proven to be less than effective as a method of societal change. As for the black on black crime rate, and why it matters. One of the popular protest slogans as of late is "Black lives matter". One would assume, if that was really the message, the African American community would take steps to address the fact far more Black youth fall prey to one another than to *any* cop's bullet or chokehold. They need to protest the gang activity in their neighborhoods, the drug dealing, the factors that accelerate the rate at which these young poeple are losing their lives. How does the fact that there's more or less a genocide of young black males in many areas NOT matter?!?!?!!?!?!? AS far as policing your neighbor....maybe you never took an oath, but just maybe, if we all took a bit of an interest in what our neighbors were doing, we could prevent them from burning down the block...from distracting people from the peaceful protests....to show that you actually CARE about the community? I guess its someone else's job to do that.....but wait! You don't WANT the police presence to be so heavy in the community? It causes more problems you say.... Let me get this straight....more police=more problems .....BUT.... Its the police's job to deal with the rioters, *NOT* the communities....but the community wants less police presence, and the rioting continues.....do you fail to see the catch 22? If you want fewer cops, someone is going to have to step up and take on the some the responsibilites you depended on them for. It only makes sense. The cops are there because the crime is there. If you aren't willing, as a community, to do what it takes to reduce crime, you can't expect a sudden drop in police presence....that doesn't make sense, and will not ever happen.