“Police brutality and excessive force is a national crisis that requires the immediate action of President Clinton and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno,” Mfume said. (full article)
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For some time now, groups like the NAACP have hardly lost the breath to remind America of the horrors of police brutality that they claim is commonplace in the Black community. I do agree with the NAACP that police brutality is something that needs to be addressed (because it does happen);however, this does bring up another question. How can it me that a vast majority of black “leadership” push for the idea of increased gun control? Since they claim they represent African-Americans, wouldn’t they want to see us protect ourselves from this “national crisis”?
Many of these “leaders” have taken the stance that by eliminating guns from the hands of the common man, the crime rate in our communities will go down. This line of reasoning is very skewed to say the least. Guns do not make people violent no more than a can of beer makes a man into an abusive alcoholic spouse.
This is yet another example of how these so-called “leaders” want to take control out of the hands of the people and place it into the hands of massa government. Although Police brutality is a real issue, many leaders turn this issue into a scare-tactic in order to get blacks to completely rely on the government while the ones that are doing the scaring reap the benefits of political favors.
On southern plantations, slaves that reinforced the slave master’s system of making slaves more docile were usually rewarded in some fashion. This gun control issues is yet another example of how that self-destructing arrangement is still going on today.
If groups like the NAACP were as docile a few decades ago as they are today, the only thing that Malcolm X could do to protect his family would be to look out the window.
UPDATE: Here is a question from one of my readers:
I’m Not following your reasoning. Are you saying black people need to pull out the arm themselves against the police? are we supposed to start shooting cops?
Of course not! What I am saying is that if you listen closely to those who (with a emotional sense of urgency I may add) continuously describe the whole police brutality against Blacks issue, you would think that there is an all out war in the streets between cops and Black people. If we were to move on these “leaders” sense of urgency, Black people should be armed to protect themselves against this so-called nationwide aggression from the police.
The truth is, although police brutality is a real issue in which blacks are targeted, it is nowhere near the degree in which these “leaders” want the world to think. A majority of Blacks today can move about in this country without worrying about the chance that a cop is tailing them. If it does happen, in most cases, the laws of this land can bring justice. The problem that I have with black “leaders” on this issue is that they will take one issue of police brutality and blow it up to a “nationwide threat”.
Most police officers are hard-working individuals that put their lives on the line everyday to ensure the saftey of my black butt. It is sad that they do not get the pay that they deserve.
Trust me, I’ve had my share of “sour” interactions with police and security guards. Either it was a case of mistaken identity or the guy just seemed to have some “issues”. In any event, it did not leave me with an emotional scar, nor did it prompt me to contact my congressman for intervention. I dealt with the issue and moved on with my life. If most black people are honest, they have had similar encounters–unlike the “racist evil cop” picture that most Black “leaders” want to present to the world. To compare my “interesting” encounters with the police to that of what our elders had to deal with would be ludicrous.
But as far as the issue of the right to bear arms, all Americans deserve that right.
