Once again, the real story behind the event is being deliberately muddied and obfuscated to create a certain narrative. And, once again, the general public isn't interested in the truth.
This time, some of the details are a bit more sketchy, granted. However, the core facts remain... the victim, Lamar Smith, was a known heroin dealer, with multiple arrests (including assault, attempted murder, and illegal possession of a firearm). He was seen (according to eye witnesses, dash cams, and a business surveillance camera) dealing drugs, when two cops arrived to arrest him. He then resisted the arrest, used his car to ram a police cruiser (while trying to hit the officers), and led the cops on a high speed chase. After wrecking the car, he allegedly pulled a gun (there was no video evidence of this), and officer Jason Stockley shot him five times, killing him instantly. A judge reviewed the evidence and cleared Stockley of murder charges.
It's a shame that Smith was killed, and I admit that there are a few questions still remaining. Stockley was heard on the police cruiser cam (during the chase) saying that when they caught Smith, he was going to kill the M.F. and the only gun found in Smith's car had Stockley's fingerprints on it, not Smith's. There's even s piece of video where Stockley is presumably putting Smith's gun into a duffle bag after the shooting (many protesters claim he's actually taking the gun out of the bag to plant it).
All of these issues don't exactly help to make the case cut and dry, but they don't take away from the most important parts...
Smith (A known felon with a long history of violence) was committing a crime, and attempted to injure or kill officers with his car in the escape. He physically assaulted the officers, and put the public in danger with his reckless driving and high speed chase. All of this could have been avoided by surrendering to the cops at the start.
I'm not saying he deservered to die, or that the situation couldn't have gone better. What I am saying is, the victim was far from innocent or blameless (not that it matters to the Regressives, or the protesters).
Hasn't anyone else noticed that nearly every one of these so-called "victims of police shootings" turn out to be people with long, violent histories, and are generally resisting the police after being caught in the commission of a crime?
If there actually is some sort of racist police agenda to kill black men, then where are all the middle-class, family men, without a criminal record murder victims? Where is the father of 3, Deacon of his church, well educated, never been in trouble with the law victims? Isn't it funny how you never see the police killing a man lime Herman Cain, or Dr. Ben Carson? Why is it always the drug dealing, gang banging, ex con with a rap sheet longer than he is tall?
There has been a lot of talk about retraining police officers on how to interact with the black community, to heal some of divide. I support that, but it will never work, if that is all we do.
We also need to teach the inner city black youth that crime doesn't really pay in the long run, resisting arrest will get you killed, and the police are not your enemy as long as you obey the law.
I'm sick of all the idiots out there, martyring criminals to push their own racist and anarchist agenda. I'm tired of the media helping them by showing photographs of the "victim" as a sweet teenaged boy (back before the trouble began). Or, musicians and actors who glorify the gangster/drug dealer culture, and accept no responsibility, when some young kid gets killed or arrested trying to copy their work.
I grew up in an exclusively black neighborhood, and watched as the drugs claimed our streets. I saw first hand, what children were being taught about cops, teachers and other authority figures. And, I've heard all the tired, lame excuses about how you have to hustle, or sell drugs to make a living, because there aren't any jobs.
The truth is, most of the dealers and gang members really don't want a job, and they don't give a damn about their community. They only care about themselves, and getting whatever they want, any way they want, and to hell with the law, or anyone that gets in their way.
I got myself out of that environment and situation, and I didn't screw over anyone to do it. Anyone can get out (regardless of skin color, gender or race), all it takes is ambition and hard work.
Jobs are not going to come into a community ate up by crime and drugs. Employers don't want to open businesses where they'll be robbed everyday, or their customers could be murdered.
The only way to bring jobs into your community, is to clean it up, and take it back from the scum. No one outside your neighborhood is going to do it for you. (And why should they?) And, it's no one's responsibility but your own. Stop blaming others for you circumstances, play by the rules and laws of society, and step up and do what it takes to succeed legally.
You'll find life is a lot easier and better, when you no longer have to worry about the police and prison.
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