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| A Black Cop's Thoughts About Black Violence And BLM |
| 2016-07-11 |
| I have come to realize something that is still hard for me to understand to this day. The following may be a shock to some coming from an African American, but the mere fact that it may be shocking to some is prima facie evidence of the sad state of affairs that we are in as Humans. I used to be so torn inside growing up. Here I am, a young African-American born and raised in Brooklyn, NY wanting to be a cop. I watched and lived through the crime that took place in the hood. My own black people killing others over nothing. Crack heads and heroin addicts lined the lobby of my building as I shuffled around them to make my way to our 1 bedroom apartment with 6 of us living inside. I used to be woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of gun fire, only to look outside and see that it was 2 African Americans shooting at each other. It never sat right with me. I wanted to help my community and stop watching the blood of African Americans spilled on the street at the hands of a fellow black man. I became a cop because black lives in my community, along with ALL lives, mattered to me, and wanted to help stop the bloodshed. As time went by in my law enforcement career, I quickly began to realize something. I remember the countless times I stood 2 inches from a young black man, around my age, laying on his back, gasping for air as blood filled his lungs. I remember them bleeding profusely with the unforgettable smell of deoxygenated dark red blood in the air, as it leaked from the bullet holes in his body on to the hot sidewalk on a summer day. I remember the countless family members who attacked me, spit on me, cursed me out, as I put up crime scene tape to cordon off the crime scene, yelling and screaming out of pain and anger at the sight of their loved ones taking their last breath. I never took it personally, I knew they were hurting. I remember the countless times I had to order new uniforms, because the ones I had on, were bloody from the blood of another black victim...of black on black crime. I remember the countless times I got back in my patrol car, distraught after having watched another black male die in front me, having to start my preliminary report something like this: Suspect- Black/ Male, Victim-Black /Male. I remember the countless times I canvassed the area afterwards, and asked everyone "did you see who did it", and the popular response from the very same family members was always, "Fuck the Police, I aint no snitch, Im gonna take care of this myself. This happened every single time, every single homicide, black on black, and then my realization became clearer. The rest can be found at the link. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #6 I sort of think we should bring back the old days of providing the option to join the military instead of going to jail. Just the sort of person everyone would like to share a foxhole with... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-07-11 16:53 |
| #5 To Unelet Protector of the Sith2424, whose comment I deleted: Americans are not divided simply into white Protestants, Latino Catholics, and hate-filled Blacks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-07-11 15:30 |
| #4 I sort of think we should bring back the old days of providing the option to join the military instead of going to jail. Perhaps the Coast Guard or something. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-07-11 15:02 |
| #3 The sad thing is the only reason the police are in the black areas is because of the high crime. As BLM slowly wins the Ferguson effect will grow and things will become really bad in those areas. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-07-11 14:59 |
| #2 Read the whole thing. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-07-11 14:50 |
| #1 He is being so un-PC. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-07-11 13:55 |