Before I get started, I need to state that this entry is going to be very hard to handle for some. However, I have never been an easy pill to swallow. With that being said, let's dive right in.
I cannot and have not ever been able to get behind the #blacklivesmatter movement and even further I find the hands up, don't shoot statement ten times worse to support. I wholeheartedly believe that these two statements and movements breed racism, they support the divide, and they amplify issues into catastrophic events. As soon as you slap a label on an incident like someone's death, it is forever labeled and classified as such. Take police shooting a black person, and remove any and all circumstances surrounding it. Right there, is one label, they're black. So we all jump on the wagon of it being a race issue. How about someone a little lighter in skin tone but not by much, throw on a beard, and they kill someone. Automatically we just jump right into assuming they're with ISIS. Let's keep going even lighter, let's take the whites of America who are killing, our automatic label for them is either they're psychologically unstable or they're basically a Nazi/radical. We have now labeled every single one of them, put them into a classification whether they really fit there or not, and we've started a divide among the nation. Here's what it all boils down to though - they are all just assholes.
That's it, they're simply just assholes, the cop who kills or the civilian who kills, but our society now feeds on hatred and craves giving attention to the evil in the world instead of striving to correct it. I'm not at all letting anyone off the hook for murder, I will never do that and I am a firm supporter in capital punishment. I do though think that we need to stop the cesspool of bullshit we've created. Police are the hero's of our communities, however that does not mean that evil doesn't reside within some of them. It does not mean that under pressure, judgement seems to disappear and mistakes happen. It also doesn't mean that some of them won't murder knowing they can get away with it. Being a police officer isn't an automatic guarantee that they're perfect, know all the answers, and are always right. Being a police officer does mean that your life, is always on the line, always, even off duty. I know and I understand that police have killed people when they shouldn't have, I also have enough sense to know that not every police officer is white and they don't just do it to black people, murder unfortunately isn't exclusive for just one race. I think the difference is, the world is very use to a white person dying by war or murder or what have you. Murders by police don't tip the scale from one race to another, shit just happens. It is society though who labels it and amplifies it, and forces it into being a war on racism. That's where the problem is.
The same thoughts preside for Muslims, or Middle Eastern people. Not every single one of them is Islamic, not every single one of them is a radical, and not every single Islamic is Middle Eastern either. Have you been paying attention? I've seen white people support and try to join ISIS, which is far beyond just stirring the pot; it squashes all preconceived notions we've been building public opinion on. And whites, what a problematic race all around. Not only are they for some reason held to a higher standard, but the racial divide happens when they're publicly excused from crimes. Also known as the current Clinton scandal. That's an entirely separate blog though. No one should be excused for murder so let's all just collectively agree that capital punishment should be all around reinstated. But let's also agree that when an incident or murder happens and is thrown into our faces by social media, may I ask that we all wait two seconds for a full account of events and details before we start burning people at the stake?
From what I've seen and what I've read, I agree that so far the murder of Alton Sterling was pretty much unjustified and the murder of Philando Castile was completely unjustified. I know I said pretty much, but let's keep in mind that both did have a gun on them. No, that doesn't warrant murder, but it does add pressure to a heated or unknown situation. Philando even informed the officer that he had a conceal and carry. Honestly, most of America is working on conceal and carry, I'm not saying the police are allowed to murder anyone carrying. I am saying that we have to accept all aspects of a situation. I also believe that due to the nation pushing hard on the black lives matter movement, we're completely dismantling police and we aren't allowing them to do their jobs. We are interfering with their duties, and we are jeopardizing their judgement calls. We have created a monster, we have embedded into the minds of everyone that if someone is black and has a gun, they're an immediate threat. When actually I'm more terrified of a white man carrying a gun because I know how irrational they can be when they are angry.
We need to correct this epidemic. Whether you want to admit it or not, this nation is falling to shit since we try so desperately work to remove God from it, but to preach on religion isn't what I'm here for at this moment but it's a truth that needs to be said. Where our biggest problem lies is that we've allowed a monumental racial divide to happen. We have blacks all throughout history, whites too, that have fought and died to remove that divide and I feel like we're sliding backwards with it. We are all human beings, beyond pigments, we all have the same functioning organs, blood, muscles, and bones that make our beings. Labeling isn't just detrimental it's destructive and we need it to stop; not just among ourselves but within the media too.
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