Gasoline on the Fire

I am posting this particular link, to this particular News Group to prove a point. I don't typically read their content.

Recently Portland Police were called out to an apartment by the father of a woman, who was concerned. You see, her boyfriend's brother had passed away earlier in the day, due to an ongoing heart condition. The boyfriend was armed and distraught as per the 911 tapes. Police arrived, the woman and her children were in the apartment with the armed man. He finally released the woman and children, (I don't believe it was a true hostage situation). Two hours into the ordeal he exited the apartment, and after not complying with the officers orders he was shot with bean bag rounds and finally (within the same minute) with an AR-15 Rifle. He was left bleeding on the pavement for 20 minutes where he died. The officer with the rifle thought the suspect was going for a gun.

Now, having read my brief summary, you and I both feel bad for the deceased. We wonder what went wrong in this instance, and what we would have done had we been there as a police officer. Was there a gun? No, it was in the apartment. Did the officers know that? Doubtful.

So the story goes, a suspected armed and dangerous man, ignored police commands, and now is dead. This does border excessive force, however a grand jury found the officer to be not at fault.

Next little Gem. The suspect was Black (as Capitalized in the article linked), the officer was white. So here we have a very tragic situation turned into a major racial issue. Was it a racial issue in my description? Did you as the reader automatically assume the suspect was black and the officer was white? Apparently the mayor of Portland released a statement to the effect that everyone has racism within themselves. Really? I guess I should stop judging people on an individual basis, and start hating everybody. What an idiot.

The next step here is the Great Portland Mayor, contacted Jessie Jackson to come here and put his healing hands into this quagmire. Jessie had much to say, and all of it race baiting. I'll let you check the headlines for all of the statements made except one. He flat out called the shooting an EXECUTION. WTF!! GASOLINE ON A FIRE.

I wonder how safe this police officer and his family feel right now.

We now have a man dead at the hand of a police officer, made into the race riots of the great Rodney King days.

Read the article from a prominent Black news group, then find a few other sources. Who are the racists in this city?


Community, Grand Jury Members Demand Policy Change After Police Shooting