We still haven’t been allowed to see the surveillance video from the arrest of Mr. Floyd.

We ahve the surveillance video of him being removed from the car and walked towards the building. where he seems to be somewhat intoxicated and, if not fighting back or resisting arres, not terribly cooperative.

THen we get the cell phone video showing him being restrained, and eventually passing away after shouting loudly “Officer, I can’t breathe”. (oddly, he can get enough air to shout that).

But what about the in-between? What happened that 4 cops chose to dogpile the dude?

Enquiring minds and all that. 

I keep seeing the Media give airtime to black preachers (and other spokespeople of dubious credentials) claiming the entire United States of America, (except black people, of course) is racist.

Yep, all of us are. You can tell. All those white people that are marching (but, oddly, not looting black businesses or breaking windows, or setting fires to black neighborhoods or general mayhem) that outnumber those poor downtrodden black people in the peaceful marches.

That country that is so racist that they (*the whites mostly) have paid Billions and Billions of dollars every year…used to help the black community….essentially feeding them, housing them, educating them. The country that was so worried about past sins that they forced large companies in the ’70’s through the early 2000’s to hire a greater percentage of black people than the local community had per capita….to the point where those companies hired black people that were incompetent in the field (and those same companies tried to teach them how to DO the job competently) to the detriment of well qualified whites and asians.
The country that hires an overwhelmingly large number ( almost 2 times the per capita percentage) of black people for Government jobs….gives preference to them, in fact, and won’t fire them, no matter how unproductive they are….Mostly because they are “black”, and therefore a protected segment of society.
The “Racist” government that gives special consideration and advantages to black businesses for construction projects, supplies for offices, other contracting positions….to the detriment of white owned businesses that can do the job for a lower cost…..”Set asides” for that special, protected class, based on race.

The country that gives a great number of scholarships (paid for by mostly WHITE people) to nearly any black kids that can read, write, has a high school diploma  and can bother to show up (even though black kids fall out of college at a 3 times higher rate than Whites or Asians or Hispanics….).

Yeah, we are all racist (except black people, of course). Racist ’cause we expect people to follow the laws. Expect them to pay fines and show up for court when they don’t. Expect them to not do criminal acts. Expects them to follow the rules in the society in which they live…the rules of the society that pays for their kids housing, education, food, and medical care when they are “poor”…Often “Poor” because of a series of bad decisions those same black people make over and over and over.
And when they choose not to, our “racist” society then has police arrest, and prosecutors prosecute, them for failing to abide by the rules of society. When they fail to go quietly, and have to be forced to submit to those officers so they can have their day in court, we are then “Bad People” for expecting them to behave…..And forcing them when they won’t.

Yeah, that “Racist America”.

Those brave men who were waiting in the dark as their ship drifted ever closer to the shores of Normandy.

Waiting for the time to start, to run ashore against a hail of bullets from a beached transport to find cover on a sandy beach.

Sitting there, waiting.

Hoping that the plan was good, and that they would survive the night.

On this day, most of western europe should get down on their knees and thank God for these men, for their countries are free thanks to them.

Remember those men, of the US, Britain, Canada who invaded on D-Day 76 years ago.  

Now, we see the media and the leftists (but I repeat myself) conflating the continued existence of “Confederate Monuments” with police brutality aimed (supposedly) at citizens of our nation with African ancestry,

Sure, that statue of a long dead man inspires then of thousands of white police officers to go out every day to make the lives of black me miserable…Yep, I believe that.

Does the statue also inspire the black men to break the law at a rate that is 4 x higher than any other racial group? Do the statues force them to fail to show up for court dates at a rate that is 7 times higher than the other demographic? Fail to graduate high school at a rate that is 5 times greater than their fellow citizens who have different ancestors? Enter adulthood with felonies at a rate that is 9.8 times greater than their fellow citizens who are lighter skinned (I include hispanics and middle easterners in the lighter skinned group)…?

It is amazing how those statues are such an enemy.

Or there could be something else in play and the media is just using the current unrest as a vehicle….

I got pulled over yesterday afternoon.
I rolled a stop sign: slowed, and since no one was at any of the other three points, touched the brakes but didn’t stop and kept going…… just like the car in front of me.

The cop three cars back saw it, and pulled me over. Fair. Reason to stop me.

I signaled to indicate that I was pulling over, and slowed down and rolled for about a quarter mile until there was a place where I could pull over (steep ditches along the right side of the road for a while). I turned the motor off and waited for him.

The Hispanic officer walked up to the car. I looked back out of the (already opened) window and greeted him……hands on the wheel so he knew I wasn’t gonna shoot him (hands empty). He greeted me and asked for my license and registration. Told me why he pulled me over. I acknowledged that it was a fair stop. I was polite. He was polite. I had to get the registration from the glovebox, told him what I was gonna do, and that I had a pistol on my hip. He was cool with all of the above and I retrieved the document without trouble and handed it to him.

He took my paperwork, went back to the car, and later returned.

Oddly, no one got shot, he didn’t feel the need to call another officer for help, didn’t pull me out of the car, arrest me, nor search the car because he smelled pot or anything else…..and at the end of it, we both went on our way.

Why? I acted decently…. politely. Acknowledged the fact that I had broken a law. Wasn’t rude. He too, was polite and professional. I had no warrants, no unpaid fines, nothing to make him have a reason to arrest or detain me any longer than to verify my license and registration and give me verbal warning.

How one acts CAN determine the outcome. We BOTH chose to make it a peaceful stop. Plus, I am square with the law, so no reason for him to go farther.

Was it ’cause I was white? I doubt it. I think that my behavior (and lack of criminality) determined the outcome.

One can get arrested for failing to Social Distance, for opening up an “unapproved” business (Say a Barbershop, when a Walmart would be OK)  or going to church….but letting a bunch of people gather in protest and fail to Social Distance (as well as minor crimes like Looting, Property Damage, Theft, Arson, and such) are more or less ignored.

But that is, of course, different. Because…?

Apparently WRSA (Western Rifle Shooters Association) (see the sidebar) has been taken down for posting something that pissed off the WordPress folks.

I’m not sure if he posted something unapproved or he has simply pissed them off by telling the truth.

I’m gonna leave the link up for now, in case he works it out. If me moves, I’ll update the link and make notes of that.

(ETA: A message at Kenny’s place…)

“Why not?”

I’m not gonna “Lend you a gun” just because some people are rioting 30 miles away.

A Gun is not a talisman. It won’t protect you just by being there.
You have no idea how to use one. Never learned how to safely use one, be it a pistol or a rifle or shotgun.
You have no idea how to use one safely.
You have no clue as to when you can and cannot use one to protect your home, you family or yourself. 

And, honestly, you are likely to hesitate and have it taken away from you. You’d be likely to brandish it to scare people away but not use it when brandishing didn’t scare them off.

So no, I won’t lend you a firearm, of any kind.

Good luck. 

Seems that the residents, the hispanic ones, that is, of Cicero Illinois are taking matters into their own hands.  (about 1:00 into the clip)

The cops, after all, are afraid to do anything because of the bad press….so they let the looting and such happen.

The Hispanic people of Cicero, along with others, are taking to the rooftops to stop riots and looting. I mostly worked last night….

Of course, the cops discourage it.

“They know we are here” said one rooftop watcher.

I’d bet serious coin that nothing happens in those streets tonight. Hell, I’ll give you 3:7 odds, nothing happens where the folks are hanging out “just watching” the streets. 

It has, at least pushed the Coronavirus reporting back a notch or two.

I gotta say that, for me at least, it is an almost even trade. Wall to Wall coronavirus panic reporting is coming to an end, overshadowed by the riot reporting and the stories.