Jim Morin for August 14, 2014

Don’t attack police officers and you’ll be fine.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards!It must be nice to be a cartoonist and to know everything!

You’re scared, you’re armed, you fire. This happens in the heat of the moment with both cops and civilian’s. No excuses, just a sad reality.

Granted, there must be some genuinely good people who are cops. However, those I know are racist jerks. My brother in law was a bully in high school, and the police force afforded him an excellent opportunity to continue that hobby as a career choice. The people I have met who he works with often begin as normal people but soon buy into to the “us against them” mentality. African Americans perpetuate the situation when they treat the cops as the enemy, giving even those cops who would prefer to treat them equally difficulty in doing so.Historically, the Black community obviously has no reason to expect fair treatment from any cop, but they need to not just expect it, but demand it. Dignified, peaceful demonstrations are a good way to start, and would command respect that the cops would have to honor, or they look like the bad guys. In that case, the community wins and the cops look like the bad guys.Throwing rocks, shouting obscenities and looting as part of those demonstrations perpetuates the problem, because it makes the people who are doing such things look like dangerous animals. Other Americans may not be thrilled with the cops, and no one can legitimately argue that they treat African Americans fairly, but if it’s a choice between siding with cops who are jerks but aren’t going to harm us, and a bunch of dangerous animals, the cops are going to win.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/08/flint_security_guards_murder_l.html#incart_river

?? where are the riots or al sharpton?

“When the officer ordered him to stop he did not and then the officer fired again. This officer IS NOT at fault here (other than being white apparently).”Yup, the officer had no choice but to use lethal force. He couldn’t possibly have used non-lethal force such as pepper spray or Taser. It’s not like he’s a trained police officer…. Oh wait. He is a trained police officer and could have used non-lethal force.

Lethal force is so much more fun. What’s the use of being armed like the Army if you can’t kill someone once in a while? And if they’re black, you get off. In court, too.

Took the bait, did you?