Justice for All

In the latest New York City fiasco, three undercover cops were acquitted of manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment in the death of Sean Bell, 23, and the wounding of two of his friends.  I agree with this verdict.

However, there are those among us who believe otherwise.  These people are the civil rights advocates and racist bastards of America.  That’s right.  I called some black people racist.  Here’s why.

Browsing through the tons of comments on CNN’s article about this case, it became clear that most people were calling the verdict a civil rights disaster.  Some were so brazen enough to call our legal system “shameful.”  Some were saying that “it’s sad to be a BLACK man living in this WHITE America.” White America?  Last time I checked, whites made up 69.1%.  None-hispanic whites made up only 66%.  The other 36% are of Latin American decent.  Blacks make up 12.4% of the population.  I don’t see where this “white america” is coming from.  I look out my window, and I see Latinos, Asians, Whites, and yes, Blacks.  Sure, the statistics might indicate a white majority, but honestly, city like New York is probably equal parts black and white.  Kinda of like a latte.

What’s even more interesting is the fact that 2 of the 3 officers charged were BLACK?  Excuse me, I didn’t know black people could be racist against other black people, especially black police officers.  I didn’t know a black person could violate another black person’s civil rights.

So it comes down to this: whenever a black person is shot in NYC, black people start yapping about racism.  What if an Asian person got shot?  Or how about Muslim?  The only time when something isn’t racist to the black community is when a white person get shot.  I bet that’s probably true.  Afterall, why not share the bloodshed.  I lose a brother, so you can lose a brother as well.  That’s justice.

Bull shit.

Another CNN poster said that “this only occurs in the black and latino communities.”  Geez, I wonder why?  Maybe because there are more black and latino gangs in NYC or Los Angeles than there are white gangs?  But why are there gangs?  O shit, my mommy smoked pot, so now I’m a fucking pothead as well.

Wise up America.  In Psych 100, you learn that everyone’s inheritantly racist to some degree.  But does it have to be racism when a black man is shot and the officers go free?  The answer is no.  Sure, they riddled him with 51 rounds.  So what?  If I was shooting someone, I’d probably riddle them with a hundred rounds.  If I saw a car coming at me, I’d probably shit my pants and fire off 200 rounds.

What this country needs is for people to look past black and white hatred and MOVE ON.