I don't disagree. Sadly the rally in VA did nothing. We can argue why that is. However, I could also argue that none of these violent protests in the past few years has helped that much either or we wouldn't be right back where we were in Baltimore, Ferguson, etc.I hate theft.....but the chaos is what sinks it in to those holding the reigns! Nobody wants a shit storm in their backyard! It takes a community to create the community....
Whats the alternative? Hold a VA rally that accomplishes fucking nothing? The narrative is "police kill blacks".....they will keep burning, looting, and rioting until that changes. They got cameras on cops now, more than a dip shit rally accomplishes. I dont want the shit in my backyard and neither does any mayor. They will create change with the choas! I dont condone the looting, fires, etc, but I get it.
If it was my son, every asshole would pay, innocent or not.
I watched that video of the killing, and it pissed me off! My initial thoughts were evil. I get their anger....I felt it....and im a white midwest hick!
Its also easy to say the narrative is FUBAR, but im not black and my dealings with cops have never been those of a black person.
There is a problem with black/leo interactions and it needs fixed. 1/2 the problem lays in the lap of the culture/race, but the other half is supposed to be the adults! The adult side can easily be fixed...we are not going to change a culture.
Trust me, I too get it. Hell, a friend of mine is Indian and in Georgia he got pulled over once or twice and the cop actually almost apologized and said he though he was somebody else. THAT is profiling without cause and I think that is a big issue that ends up leading to a lot of bad things. It's kind of like how hunters get killed by the overeager deer hunter who sees the bush move and shoots and then realizes the calamity that happened.
And, again, I couldn't watch the whole video. I just got more and more pissed off. At since I was already having trouble sleeping, that wasn't going to help and didn't. In reality the Mayor should also resign. It's his force and he can help set the tone; but obviously is either tone deaf or doesn't care.
The bigger tragedy is that compare the VA protest with these looting and rioting protests and it shows just how screwed up our political leadership is. That they won't listen to peaceful and barely listen to the looting and stuff (or maybe they don't at all, because we're here again). Ultimately our political leadership has completely failed on all accounts.