I shall bend to social pressure and post on the news du jour…..the announcement of the indictments against those 6 Baltimore police officers…….
All six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a grand jury and will be arraigned on July 2. State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby made the announcement today. The charges returned by the grand jury weren’t substantially different than the charges Mosby announced about three weeks ago. Mosby has said Gray’s neck was broken because he was injured while being handcuffed, shackled, and placed head-first into a police van. She says his pleas for medical attention were repeatedly ignored. (The development comes after new video emerged of Gray and the officers.)
I would like to remind everyone that these are indictments and NOT convictions and that the likelihood that all 6 will be convicted is slim.
Now that I have done due diligence I will approach this from the direction that I choose…….the chatter that is to follow the announcement.
It is inevitable that there will be those that will come to the support of the police officers……saying that we should not condemn all cops for the bad actions of a few…..and I will agree with them, on that because there are some absolutely marvelous people wearing the uniform.
But have you ever noticed that those that warn against a quick judgement of cops because of their bad actions are the very same people that spend their time condemning ALL Muslims for the actions of a few?
No this does not surprise me for after many years of analyzing politics and society in the US I have learned one thing that is certain……Americans are nothing if not hypocritical.
Turn The Page!
As I have lived on this old world I have noticed that there are some snakes that won’t bite either —- But I do not mess around trying to find out which ones do and which ones don’t. —- It is not that I condemn “All” Muslims and “All” policemen but I have discovered the Muslim Holy Book contains the same exhortations to all Muslims — (Kill the infidel) — and if any of them have studied their Book at all then the idea must be ingrained somewhere in their psyche even if they choose not to act on it —- and by the same token I think it is best to be as invisible to police as possible because they can’t shoot or arrest what they cannot see and in this manner we can reverence the “Good Ones” and avoid the bad ones.
I have seen too many that condemn all Muslims and then turn to defend PD saying that not all are bad……to me it is hypocritical……I am using the Muslim/PD thing as an example simply because I was too lazy to try and find another…..not enough coffee this morn…..LOL