The American Human: Police Will Keep Killing People, Especially If They're Black

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Police Will Keep Killing People, Especially If They're Black

...and that's very depressing.

Who shot whom in these pictures? Take a guess.

Also, guess what the black man did to make the cop shoot him. He very mildly stood up for his rights. Within seconds, he was shot in the head, died instantly. For a change, the cop, Ray Tensing, has been charged with murder. A rare "victory."

I've seen the video. It's depressing. If you want to see it, go here.

Shit should stop. Certainly won't. Why? It's a tradition that goes back several hundred years. momentum? Yeah, killing blacks has momentum. It's fucked up. Maybe we should have a conversation.

Another important point, also common with police shootings. A fellow officer backed up Tensing's initial, dishonest, report. Read about that here. Will the fellow officer who lied in support of his colleague lose his job? Hope so, don't count on it.

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1. Civilized societies require the rule of law.
2. Science is my preferred method for examining and understanding reality.
3. Religion is superstition.
4. An educated society is a healthy society.
5. Democratic governments are by their very nature socialist.
6. Market economies are by their very nature capitalist.
7. Markets are not (entirely) efficient or rational and thus require regulation.
8. Don’t confuse politics with public policy.
9. Civil discourse requires rational argument, even if yelling or stomping your feet or name-calling is more fun.
10. If you consider making stuff up a viable tactic, you are disallowed from civil discourse.
11. Puritanism is America’s original sin.
12. Income redistribution is good for society, hoarding is not.
13. Everybody, from time to time, needs help.

About the American Human

The American Human is written by Calvin Ross, a retired teacher who at various points in life has been a musician, woodworker, restaurateur, narrator, English teacher in Japan, novelist, technology journalist, and private tutor to Japanese children here in the U.S.

Happily residing in the wine country of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, Calvin has lived in the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the aforementioned Japan, as well as in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, and many different towns in California, including, of all places, the Mojave Desert.

Calvin, you may note quickly, is a liberal progressive who doesn't think being called a socialist is all that bad, especially since he sort of would like living in Denmark if it weren't so cold. He blogs because he can.