Charlotte Riots

Here we go again... Once more, an American city is being torn to pieces and destroyed by people claiming to want justice because of a lie. Once more, there have been attempts made to let the truth be told, only to be ignored and shouted down by race baiters and the misinformed.

What we do know is that, 43 year old Keith Lamont Scott was confronted in his car by the Charlotte police. When approached, he became uncooperative and combative, refusing to comply with the officers' orders which resulted in him being fatally shot.

The first reports of the incident claimed he was unarmed, and simply reading a book, while waiting for his son to get home from school. We now know that this report was untrue.

Not only did Scott have a gun (which he refused to release after several commands from the cops), we're now hearing that there wasn't a book anywhere near the scene of the shooting. It was a lie his daughter told to the press to generate sympathy and outrage over her father's death. Several civilian eye witnesses have stated that the police gave him every chance to surrender peacefully, and he refused to follow their instructions, or comply with their demands.

The truly sad (and sickening) part of all this, is the community's reaction. Even before the details were known, they began taking to the streets, rioting and looting. They even went as far as to attack police officers, with large mobs destroying patrol vehicles and brutally beating 16 cops.

Scott's mother called for peaceful, non-violent protests. And, the mayor, along with the chief of police, tried to inform the public of Scott's gun, his combative actions and that the officer that shot him was himself a black man. Not surprisingly, the rioters and race baiters ignored all of this, and began tearing their city apart a second night.

So far, no one group or so-called "activist" (like an Al Sharpton, or a Black Lives Matter) has been seen out in front, driving this particular protest. But that doesn't mean they're not there. Nearly every time we see demonstrations with this kind of chaos and violence, there are ringleaders.

The people organizing these riots don't care about the truth, or about racial harmony and unity. They're not out for "social justice", or any other catchy buzz-words that they only pay lip service to. They're only interest is division and hate. It's how they earn their living and stay relevant.

I am well aware that some people would gladly call me a racist for even talking about this issue, or pointing out the truth behind the commonly held lies. It's another tired, old tactic of the true race baiters... shut down any opposing view, by playing the race card and screaming "racist" when someone says something they don't like, regardless of how true it may be.

The truth is, the vast majority of these police shootings (not all, but most) are righteous and legitimate. In most of the cases reported (such as Ferguson Missouri and Charlotte North Carolina), the "victim" of the shooting was the aggressor, resisting arrest, and defying police orders. Despite the narrative being told to the black community and the general public, unjustifiable police shootings (based upon race, or otherwise) is extremely rare. And, a white male is still three times more likely to be shot by a cop than any other group.

I'll say it again... until there is truth, there can be no unity. The lies we've been told for decades, are only meant to keep us divided. It's time to wake up, stop this kind of stupidity.