There is a pattern that needs to be researched regarding the deaths of Black men.
If I may?
There is a huge cultural gap between the Black community and it's police AND it's policing.
The anniversary of the WRONGFUL death of Eric Garner occurs on July 17th. He was smothered to death by something like six officers. Some of the officers were from the federal agency ATF. Evidently, the AFT doesn't bother chansing down contraband into the USA, it find it more convenient to attack unarmed Black Americans.
Mr. Garner was an incredible American. He raised two children in a marriage he valued. In his impoverishment linked with his desire to educate his children out of poverty he took up the much maligned practice of "Selling Lucys." Did I get that right, "Lucys?" Single cigarettes. He was charging $1.00 per cigarette which included the tax he paid for the pack he was selling from.
This is a practice conducted all over the country, including out of some convenience stores in impoverished neighborhoods.
Mr. Garner was not selling Lucys for the purpose of obtaining drugs that might kill him by Fentanyl anyway. Dying at the hand of ruthless, dog hating drug cartels was not his ambition. Mr. Garner was selling Lucys to support his family and bring about college educations for his two children.
Mr. Sterling was selling CDs from the street. He was respected by the people of the community. His wife is devastated at his death and his magnificent son is now fatherless and will experience the fact he is the oldest man in the family. The community will attempt to fill in the gap left by the death of a man gunned down unnecessarily. The Black Community in the USA is amazing. They do not accept the decisions of government as law when such incidents occur. They fight very hard to end such deaths in their community.
But, both Mr. Sterling and Mr. Garner were gunned down without valuing human life when the person exhibits black or brown skin. The viciousness of police are not welcome in these communities and that should be respected.
While law enforcement is necessary in any life of Americans, the Black Community throughout the USA exhibits what can be called 'illegal behavior' in their DAILY lives.
Mr. Garner was known as a reliable source of Lucys and an upstanding person in his community. He was dearly loved by his wife and children. The ambitions within his life were admirable and necessary. He was innocent of causing real problems for the function of business in the USA.
I simply don't know enough facts about Mr. Sterling to comment about his values and life, but, there is every indication from his wife and son, he was extremely valuable to them and it is correct the community is upset and demanding justice.
There is however a further justice beyond the gunning down of these two men.
The next hurdle for the Black Community in the USA is to identify what DEPRIVATION OF ECONOMY and WEALTH has resulted in various activities to fulfill the hopes and dreams of the people caught in impoverishment.
Neither Mr. Sterling or Mr. Garner was a threat to the people. They were engaged in commerce that supported their lives and ambitions. To put this into perspective, I present an entry on the net about Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.:
...Cecil replies:
Cecil doesn't ordinarily (click here) go in for this People magazine stuff, but Lord knows I like dishing the dirt as much as the next guy, and Joe Kennedy is a target the size of all outdoors.
J.P. was what we call an operator. He made his money by (1) pulling various hustles before it had occurred to anyone to make them illegal, and (2) possibly pulling other hustles that were definitely illegal but generally winked at. His stock-market shenanigans were an example of the former, his Prohibition liquor business (never proven, by the way) an example of the latter. That said, let's not get ridiculous. He didn't sell opium to the Chinese; the British did. Nineteenth century. Very famous. Trust me....
The Communities of these neighborhoods knows what goes on. They should be tapped for information as to THEIR PROBLEMS. That is not to say there can't be intelligence gathered to combat drugs and illegal guns, etc. Lord knows Chicago does not need anymore illegal guns coming from other states. But, these deaths of very important men in their community has to end.
Every gunning of an innocent Black person needs extreme scrutiny to their lives, their values, the community's value of them and their ambitions and how they were achieving those ambitions. These are good people. Their lives should be uninterrupted.
The ATF could ask to the source of the CDs without harassment. The ATF ends their investigation of a person like Mr. Garner at IMPORTANT questioning. The life of Mr. Garner continues without interruption. Mr. Garner was the lucky person in the neighborhood that could actually go into a store and purchase at least a pack of cigarettes to sell them individually. His service to the community was valued.
The enforcement of Wall Street laws do not belong in these communities. As a matter of fact, Mr. Garner increased the income to the tobacco industry.
If I recall correctly, Michael Brown grabbed two boxes Cigarellos when exiting the convenience store. Status probably, but, Cigarellos may be less expensive than a pack of cigarettes.
These dead Black Americans are mostly known to the community. Such issues as petty theft should not result in a police brigade to the scene. You mean to tell me the city was so quiet there was no other serious crimes being committed? In the case of Ferguson we know the corruption that resulted in the death of Michael Brown was systemic and the people were suffering under fiscal oppression.
I could go on and on, but, the common denominator in all these cases is called ABUSE OF POWER.
This abuse of power does not limit itself to the Black Community either, we witnessed a homeless man gunned down by a SWAT team, including a dog, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
These are atrocities of 'power' and result because legislation is used to exert social values. Power of any kind is responsible when it actually makes a difference. There is no defense for a city, a state or a nation to use power when it attacks innocent Americans LEFT IN A DEAD END in their lives.
See that is what happened with James Boyd, Eric Garner and Alton Sterling, they dead ended in opportunity to even stay alive in the case of James Boyd. They were FORCED to seek an opportunity outside the law. That is a legitimate defense of Americans. In the case of Eric Garner he was providing a valued service to the community.
The USA has all sorts of people living within it's capitalism economy. The impoverished are vulnerable to law breaking to make it through the day and in the case of Ferguson were exploited, even extorted for the purpose of supporting the very law enforcement that killed Michael Brown.
The Black Community in the USA has to conduct very important research to bring better community outcomes.
The SPENDING of government has to demand focus on real problems such as importation of drug cartels and poppy culture products to the USA. The ATF should not be allowed to harass people such as Eric Garner. See, the answer to the question, "Where did you get those Lucys you are selling?," would be a store and not contraband imported from sources outside the USA borders. Eric Garner paid the tobacco tax. That should end the ATF investigation. If this is all the ATF has to investigate the real question, "Do we actually need the ATF?" comes to mind.
This needs to end and it needs to end for real reasons impoverished Americans find themselves by no fault of their own. These dead Americans had every right to their life. The mentally challenged should not end up in a grave simply because they were homeless. Such realities is an abuse of power and abandonment of Americans that profoundly need government to be uplifting while guarding their lives.
If I may?
There is a huge cultural gap between the Black community and it's police AND it's policing.
The anniversary of the WRONGFUL death of Eric Garner occurs on July 17th. He was smothered to death by something like six officers. Some of the officers were from the federal agency ATF. Evidently, the AFT doesn't bother chansing down contraband into the USA, it find it more convenient to attack unarmed Black Americans.
Mr. Garner was an incredible American. He raised two children in a marriage he valued. In his impoverishment linked with his desire to educate his children out of poverty he took up the much maligned practice of "Selling Lucys." Did I get that right, "Lucys?" Single cigarettes. He was charging $1.00 per cigarette which included the tax he paid for the pack he was selling from.
This is a practice conducted all over the country, including out of some convenience stores in impoverished neighborhoods.
Mr. Garner was not selling Lucys for the purpose of obtaining drugs that might kill him by Fentanyl anyway. Dying at the hand of ruthless, dog hating drug cartels was not his ambition. Mr. Garner was selling Lucys to support his family and bring about college educations for his two children.
Mr. Sterling was selling CDs from the street. He was respected by the people of the community. His wife is devastated at his death and his magnificent son is now fatherless and will experience the fact he is the oldest man in the family. The community will attempt to fill in the gap left by the death of a man gunned down unnecessarily. The Black Community in the USA is amazing. They do not accept the decisions of government as law when such incidents occur. They fight very hard to end such deaths in their community.
But, both Mr. Sterling and Mr. Garner were gunned down without valuing human life when the person exhibits black or brown skin. The viciousness of police are not welcome in these communities and that should be respected.
While law enforcement is necessary in any life of Americans, the Black Community throughout the USA exhibits what can be called 'illegal behavior' in their DAILY lives.
Mr. Garner was known as a reliable source of Lucys and an upstanding person in his community. He was dearly loved by his wife and children. The ambitions within his life were admirable and necessary. He was innocent of causing real problems for the function of business in the USA.
I simply don't know enough facts about Mr. Sterling to comment about his values and life, but, there is every indication from his wife and son, he was extremely valuable to them and it is correct the community is upset and demanding justice.
There is however a further justice beyond the gunning down of these two men.
The next hurdle for the Black Community in the USA is to identify what DEPRIVATION OF ECONOMY and WEALTH has resulted in various activities to fulfill the hopes and dreams of the people caught in impoverishment.
Neither Mr. Sterling or Mr. Garner was a threat to the people. They were engaged in commerce that supported their lives and ambitions. To put this into perspective, I present an entry on the net about Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.:
...Cecil replies:
Cecil doesn't ordinarily (click here) go in for this People magazine stuff, but Lord knows I like dishing the dirt as much as the next guy, and Joe Kennedy is a target the size of all outdoors.
J.P. was what we call an operator. He made his money by (1) pulling various hustles before it had occurred to anyone to make them illegal, and (2) possibly pulling other hustles that were definitely illegal but generally winked at. His stock-market shenanigans were an example of the former, his Prohibition liquor business (never proven, by the way) an example of the latter. That said, let's not get ridiculous. He didn't sell opium to the Chinese; the British did. Nineteenth century. Very famous. Trust me....
The Communities of these neighborhoods knows what goes on. They should be tapped for information as to THEIR PROBLEMS. That is not to say there can't be intelligence gathered to combat drugs and illegal guns, etc. Lord knows Chicago does not need anymore illegal guns coming from other states. But, these deaths of very important men in their community has to end.
Every gunning of an innocent Black person needs extreme scrutiny to their lives, their values, the community's value of them and their ambitions and how they were achieving those ambitions. These are good people. Their lives should be uninterrupted.
The ATF could ask to the source of the CDs without harassment. The ATF ends their investigation of a person like Mr. Garner at IMPORTANT questioning. The life of Mr. Garner continues without interruption. Mr. Garner was the lucky person in the neighborhood that could actually go into a store and purchase at least a pack of cigarettes to sell them individually. His service to the community was valued.
The enforcement of Wall Street laws do not belong in these communities. As a matter of fact, Mr. Garner increased the income to the tobacco industry.
If I recall correctly, Michael Brown grabbed two boxes Cigarellos when exiting the convenience store. Status probably, but, Cigarellos may be less expensive than a pack of cigarettes.
These dead Black Americans are mostly known to the community. Such issues as petty theft should not result in a police brigade to the scene. You mean to tell me the city was so quiet there was no other serious crimes being committed? In the case of Ferguson we know the corruption that resulted in the death of Michael Brown was systemic and the people were suffering under fiscal oppression.
I could go on and on, but, the common denominator in all these cases is called ABUSE OF POWER.
This abuse of power does not limit itself to the Black Community either, we witnessed a homeless man gunned down by a SWAT team, including a dog, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
These are atrocities of 'power' and result because legislation is used to exert social values. Power of any kind is responsible when it actually makes a difference. There is no defense for a city, a state or a nation to use power when it attacks innocent Americans LEFT IN A DEAD END in their lives.
See that is what happened with James Boyd, Eric Garner and Alton Sterling, they dead ended in opportunity to even stay alive in the case of James Boyd. They were FORCED to seek an opportunity outside the law. That is a legitimate defense of Americans. In the case of Eric Garner he was providing a valued service to the community.
The USA has all sorts of people living within it's capitalism economy. The impoverished are vulnerable to law breaking to make it through the day and in the case of Ferguson were exploited, even extorted for the purpose of supporting the very law enforcement that killed Michael Brown.
The Black Community in the USA has to conduct very important research to bring better community outcomes.
The SPENDING of government has to demand focus on real problems such as importation of drug cartels and poppy culture products to the USA. The ATF should not be allowed to harass people such as Eric Garner. See, the answer to the question, "Where did you get those Lucys you are selling?," would be a store and not contraband imported from sources outside the USA borders. Eric Garner paid the tobacco tax. That should end the ATF investigation. If this is all the ATF has to investigate the real question, "Do we actually need the ATF?" comes to mind.
This needs to end and it needs to end for real reasons impoverished Americans find themselves by no fault of their own. These dead Americans had every right to their life. The mentally challenged should not end up in a grave simply because they were homeless. Such realities is an abuse of power and abandonment of Americans that profoundly need government to be uplifting while guarding their lives.
