State sanctioned murder

How long before the blindness results in vengeance?

After another week in which our government decided that the killings of two innocent, unarmed black men were justified (in Tulsa, OK and Sacramento, CA), one has to wonder just exactly when police will be confronted with questions concerning why they shot a man with his hands in the air, why they shot a man in the back, why they shot a man several more times after he was already knocked to the ground by his bullet wounds, how a phone gets confused for a gun, why they turned off their street cams, and why they failed to announce themselves.

While one tries to appreciate the often difficult decisions police officers are forced to make in a split second with their lives (and their families' well being) on the line, too many of these decisions are turning out to be outrageously bad and carried out with an overkill of force.  And to not have the prosecutors acting as a check on said behavior makes it seem all the more ruthless.

One has to wonder how much longer public trust in our local police forces will last if marked change is not forthcoming...and right soon.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Ferguson follies #2

This was the week that was for Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson:

Sent his police force dressed up like Robocop into an already tense situation with those protesting the death of Michael Brown and made it even worse.  Released a video of Michael Brown which turns shoplifting into a death penalty offense.  Fails to notify either family of Michael Brown or the Highway Patrol (who are now in charge of keeping the peace in Ferguson) that said video is going to be released.  Insinuates the officer who shot Michael Brown knew he was guilty of shoplifting.  Says he was mistaken and that officer didn't know, and that Brown was stopped for walking in the middle of the street (now a death penalty offense, too?).  Then says officer figured out Brown was a shoplifter when he saw the cigars in his hand.

And all of this in front of  all of America.

Swear to God, the mother fucker must have taken leadership lessons from George W. Bush.

Peace,
emaycee

Ferguson follies #1

While releasing the name of the officer, Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson also released a video which purports to show Michael Brown shoplifting some cigars and shoving a store owner shortly before he was fatally shot.

One has to wonder exactly what the Ferguson Police hoped to accomplish with this revelation--when exactly did shoplifting and shoving someone become death penalty offenses?

Unless, of course, it's state specific to Missouri.

Peace,
emaycee

It ain't no secret

Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was killed by a police officer this weekend in Ferguson, MO.

An unarmed black man being killed in this country?

Man, that almost never happens in America...(sadly, there are more here).

Peace,
emaycee