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| The Myth of Systemic Police Racism |
| 2020-06-04 |
| [WSJ via Manhatten Institute] George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis has revived the Obama-era narrative that law enforcement is endemically racist. On Friday, Barack Obama tweeted that for millions of black Americans, being treated differently by the criminal justice system on account of race is "tragically, painfully, maddeningly ’normal.’ " Mr. Obama called on the police and the public to create a "new normal," in which bigotry no longer "infects our institutions and our hearts." Joe Biden released a video the same day in which he asserted that all African-Americans fear for their safety from "bad police" and black children must be instructed to tolerate police abuse just so they can "make it home." That echoed a claim Mr. Obama made after the ambush murder of five Dallas officers in July 2016. During their memorial service, the president said African-American parents were right to fear that their children may be killed by police officers whenever they go outside. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz denounced the "stain . . . of fundamental, institutional racism" on law enforcement during a Friday press conference. He claimed blacks were right to dismiss promises of police reform as empty verbiage. Paywall follows. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Race relations improve when the economy improve, Also most race relations are really things on the local level. There is only so much a President can do. Democrats have gotten away for years with blaming their own crap job on Washington DC. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-06-04 17:49 |
| #8 We had good and improving race relations under Bill Clinton and W. They went downhill after 2009 and then went to hell in Obama's second term. The pattern mirrors what happened between Eisenhowers presidency and LBJ's: left-lib presidents (unlike Bill Clinton) encourage grievances and raise expectations among young urban blacks to unrealistic levels. Then a highly-publicized urban violence incident triggers these grievances and turns resentment and disappointment into violence. Then the left-lib president pours gas on the flames by pandering, as LBJ did after the 1965 riots and Obama did after 2013. If any national leader bears responsibility for the anarchic violence we're now seeing, it's Pres. Trayvon-Coulda-Been-My-Son. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-06-04 13:28 |
| #7 Why didn't Mr. Obama do something about it when he was in power? This is not a snarky comment--I genuinely hope for very good race relations and lament that Mr. Obama, who had a unique opportunity to make great strides in this area, did not. |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-06-04 13:21 |
| #6 Most or all of the WSJ article, no paywall |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-06-04 12:02 |
| #5 If someone else gets to decide what I am, I guess I should roll with that... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-04 08:04 |
| #4 spoiler alert: no matter what anyone does, there will always be something that they can yell 'racism' at. because it works. |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-06-04 07:59 |
| #3 It's pretty hard for these guys and gals to work with society's most failed components every day and not develop a dark outlook. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-04 06:50 |
| #2 Jesse Smollett could not be reached for comment. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-04 05:26 |
| #1 Hardy perennial of the American left. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-06-04 05:20 |