Keeping the streets safe is becoming impossible because of cowardly Democratic politics that bows to activists to keep the votes coming in. If we can’t tolerate police using force against criminals of color, then we should stop policing communities where race is more important than the law. Ridiculous and racist, you say? Two standards for policing The newest crisis … [Read more...] about Stop Policing Communities Where Only Color Matters
Race in America
The Race in America category is about how our government, society, and institutions respond to racial differences.
Race in America is our most valuable political issue. The Democratic Party just struck election year gold after years of stirring the race pot. Post-Obama America started out angry and divided. Liberals used Donald Trump's presidency to label conservatives racists and white supremacists. A death at a Charlottesville, Virginia white nationalist rally fanned the flames and gave this portrayal the appearance of credibility.
Now we've got more than we bargained for after heavily politicized incidents involving law enforcement culminated with the unwarranted, police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
On the docket now is a slate of new and revisited reforms including taking down symbols of the confederacy, restructuring or abolishing police departments, paying reparations, and extending federal assistance to under served minority communities.
Our politics claims to address the racial pain that tortures America, but politicians' dependence on this issue presents a tremendous problem. The politics of racial conflict are simply too vital to the back and forth between Democrats and Republicans to give us much hope that one day we can move past our history.
Blame Police for Deaths but Forgive Islam?
The terror attack in Nice didn’t blunt or even distract us from growing racial anger in the U.S. Instead, liberal factions continue to blame police for deaths without trial, evidence, or facts except for what they learn from the media and protest ringleaders. Now we have more officers dead in Baton Rouge. Is domestic terror the new tactic for the civil rights movement? Bad … [Read more...] about Blame Police for Deaths but Forgive Islam?
Black and White Hate Speech is Killing Us
Words paved the road to Dallas. Black and white hate speech thinly disguised as progressive rhetoric is now the norm. It comes from community activists and groups like Black Lives Matter. We hear it from the leaders we trust to not incite chaos. The negative dialogue comes from our highest levels of government and the streets of cities filled with protesters. The appalling … [Read more...] about Black and White Hate Speech is Killing Us
Value of Life is Decided by Protest and Politics
Three developing stories prove just how much we permit protest and politics to decide the value of life. The spread of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Sandra Bland protests, and the move to defund Planned Parenthood speak to our willingness to let the value of life be a sardonic decision made for the benefit of agitators and political heavyweights. That’s not what the … [Read more...] about Value of Life is Decided by Protest and Politics
New Mandatory Minimum Laws Won’t Make Justice Color Blind
While Obama boasts reducing the number of federal prisoners,1 lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are showing signs that they aren’t done with mandatory minimum laws just yet. It doesn’t matter whether we slap mandatory penalties on guns, drugs, or failing to pick up after your dog. The result will be the same: charges that justice is not color blind. Whether or not our … [Read more...] about New Mandatory Minimum Laws Won’t Make Justice Color Blind