Gitzo Loc: Indiana

Story by Larry Elder



In 2012, according to the CDC, 140 blacks were killed by police. That same year 386 whites were killed by police. Over the 13-year period from 1999 to 2011, the CDC reports that 2,151 whites were killed by cops -- and 1,130 blacks were killed by cops.

Police shootings, nationwide, are down dramatically from what they were 20 or 30 years ago. The CDC reported that in 1968, shootings by law enforcement -- called "legal intervention" by the CDC -- was the cause of death for 8.6 out of every million blacks. For whites the rate was was .9 deaths per million.

By 2011, law enforcement shootings caused 2.74 deaths for every million blacks, and 1.28 deaths for every million whites. While the death-by-cop rate for whites has held pretty steady over these last 45 years, hovering just above or below the one-in-a-million level, the rate for blacks has fallen. In 1981, black deaths by cop stood at four in a million, but since 2000 has remained just above or below two in a million.

So what's driving this notion that there is now an "epidemic" of white cops shooting blacks when in the last several decades the numbers of blacks killed by cops are down nearly 75 percent?

Where's the evidence suggesting race had anything to do with the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, who was pointing a pellet gun at bystanders before being shot and killed by police?

What's the racial nexus to the death of Eric Gardner, the large, obese man who died after being taken down by several NYPD cops?

While the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case became another racial thermometer of America, the jury found Zimmerman not guilty, and several jurors later said that during jury deliberations "race never came up."

The Ferguson, Missouri, shooting of Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson is yet another case where there is absolutely no evidence that whatever happened occurred because of Michael Brown's race. Did officer Wilson display racial animus? Does anyone know if this officer Wilson had some racist background? With the desire by media for a scalp, such information would have long ago been made public by somebody.

This white-cop-out-to-get-black-civilian narrative advances the interest of many. The media loves what Tom Wolfe called the "Great White Defendant" -- a bad white guy everybody can agree to dislike. For the Democrats, it furthers their assertion that race remains a major problem in America, that Republicans/tea partiers/black conservatives are out to get them, and you must vote for us. For "activists" like the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and local wannabes, it gives them continued relevance.

That this "epidemic" is imaginary can be demonstrated by the recent stories that never became national news.

In Mobile, Alabama, a black cop shot and killed an unarmed white teenager. As with Michael Brown, the Alabama teen was later found to have been under the influence of marijuana at the time of the shooting. The teen had also recently taken a hallucinogen, and was so stoned he thought he was on fire ?- and literally took his clothes off. Nude -- and obviously unarmed -- he was still later shot by the cop. Despite public pressure, a Mobile grand jury decided not to indict the black police officer, believing he acted in self-defense. Not national news.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, just two days after Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, a "not white" cop shot and killed an unarmed 20-year-old man whose race has been described as Hispanic. The family of the dead man believes that the cop is a murderer. Not national news.

In Pennsylvania, a state trooper named Kelly Cruz was accused in 2009 of stomping on the head of a handcuffed suspect laying on the ground, resulting in facial fractures, a broken nose and damaged teeth. The trooper, at the time, was attached to a local drug task force and was part of a raid on a suspected meth lab. One of the men inside escaped during the raid, and the victim -- who, according to another officer, was seen running from the scene and found five houses away -- was thought to be the meth lab escapee. Turns out the victim was not a meth lab escapee. The local grand jury decided not to indict the trooper. The feds, however, filed civil rights charges against the cop. He was found not guilty by the federal jury. Not national news.

It is rare for a cop to shoot and kill any civilian. Excluding practice on the gun range, 95 percent of officers never discharge their firearm while in the line of duty, including those who work for big-city departments. The first time -- and only time -- officer Darren Wilson used his firearm while on duty was in the Michael Brown case. The facts do not support the narrative that there is an epidemic of white cops shooting unarmed blacks.

We are being manipulated.



My Comments;

You'll never hear this from the "Lame Stream Media"; Or Obummer, Or The Hildebeeste; They Want You To Think That All White Cops Are Only Out To Shoot Black "Unarmed Teenagers".....Some Of Which Have Just Committed A Felony Robbery And Then Tried To Kill A White Cop With His Own Gun. That's What You Get From The Lame Stream "Media".


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Larry Elder.. Author And Talk Show Host

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

Larry Elder is a professional conservative commentator. Many disagree with him.


KABC’s Larry Elder Spreads Phony Darren Wilson / Ferguson Meme
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/9/4/1327125/-KABC-s-Larry-Elder-Spreads-Phony-Darren-Wilson-Ferguson-Meme

Cornel West Completely Checks Larry Elder for Making False Comments About Police Brutality

http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/14/cornel-west-completely-checks-larry-elder-for-making-false-comments-about-police-brutality/

steve03 Loc: long Lsland

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

I read about the Utah story...

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

" Black cops, white cops, there is a blue wall of silence. " DeRay McKesson

" If all lives mattered we wouldn't be out on the street." DeRay McKesson.

Campaign Zero, Black Lives Matter, White Privilege, 26 police killings just in 2016. Serious viewing but uncomfortable for some.

http://www.salon.com/2016/01/19/stephen_colbert_checks_his_white_privilege_switches_seats_with_deray_mckesson_to_discuss_race_police_blacklivesmatter/

Gitzo Loc: Indiana

Many disagree with Larry Elder, you say? Imagine that! I'm guessing that everyone with an I.Q. above 3 "disagrees with Markos Moulitsas, (the rabid imbecile who started the "Daily Kos" ) which you seem to think is such a credible news source. Maybe you should confine yourself to what's "going on" in Australia and not try to exhibit your ignorance of things happening in the U.S.?

I'll just bet you think "Salon" and the "Huff & Puff" Post is a great and "credible" source also?

And Cornel West? Have you ever even SEEN Cornel West? Have you ever even HEARD that rabid fool? Cornel West has about as much "credibility" as the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright! (which is exactly NONE, BTW ) I'll bet that next you'll be telling us that Barack Obama "never lies"? (ROFLMAO! )

Gitzo Loc: Indiana

DeRay McKesson?

The more stuff you put up, the more you demonstrate that you have absolutely NO IDEA of what you're attempting to talk about! DeRay McKesson is about as intelligent as a "piss ant"! As a matter of fact, I think he IS a "piss ant"!

If you're so determined to form opinions and become an "expert" on "race relations" in the United States, I think you either better come here and take a much closer look for yourself, or else you're going to need to learn who's "credible" and who's "full of crap" when you read your news stories, because you have just offered up a whole string of the absolutely LEAST CREDIBLE and most "one sided" idiots we have over here; I'm really surprised that you haven't offered us a rant on the subject of race relations by the "Reverend" Al Sharpton! again, ROFLMAO!

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

Twitchy finger

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

The only expert here seems to be you. " Least credible", any view different from your own. To discredit these people you'll have to do better than just dismissing them as piss ants.

I have never mentioned Al Sharpton here, you have me mixed up with someone else. You do seem to be the flip side of the Rev. Al coin though.

Yes I have opinions about race in America, I came of age in Los Angeles during the Watts riots and the civil rights movement. I visit family every two years and can see with my own eyes not much has changed.

And lastly, considering the history of US foreign policy, it's ironic and a little endearing to hear a Yank telling anyone to stay out of US affairs.

You should never leave your padded echo chamber, no trouble that way .

Checkmate Loc: Southern California

Hate a black conservative don't you? Cornel West is a black racist and a member of the Democratic Socialists Of America. Think that he will ever tell the truth?

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is a Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. He has written over 20 books and has edited 13. Though he is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, his most recent releases, Black Prophetic Fire and Radical King, were received with critical acclaim.

Gitzo Loc: Indiana

Boy, you sure sound like a huge Cornel West fan boy, Thommie! I can just see the mental image in someone's mind who has never seen or heard Cornel West after that glowing assessment of adoration! (And then I can just see them trowing rocks at YOU after they see and hear Mr. Super-radical, Super-racist, Super-full of crap Cornel West!

Professor of "Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice" eh? Just like the "Reverend Jeremiah Wright" is a "world famous", highly respected, Chicago-based, Christian Clergyman AND radical, racist "God Damn America" soul-mate and "good buddy" of Barack Hussein Obammy, right? And inasmuch as you seem to think that the great Cornel West is such a highly revered and eminently respected "Figure".........I'm guessing that your next BS will be attempting to convince us that Louis Farrakhan is "great guy" and should be appointed to the Supreme U.S. Dept. of Pest Control?

This is really great! In checking google for a nice flattering photo of the eminent Dr. Cornel West, I see he's also "down" on the Hildebeest, is a socialist, and is supporting "Brother Bernie" (his words, not mine) Sander in his bid to be come POTUS! The page on your exalted Dr. Cornel West has DOZENS of photos of Brother West, and I highly recommend that anyone who is at all unfamiliar with Thomie's hero, (Dr. Cornel West) be SURE to use the link provided to see (and admire) this great scholar, race-baiter, philosopher, and all-around NUT JOB!

Well.....I'm glad you brought my attention to Professor Cornel West, Thommie, as I really assumed that he would be beating his drum to drum-up support for The Hildebeeste, but here we find that he's not only throwing rocks at her, but he's also throwing rocks at YOUR hero, Baracky Hussein Obammymammy! Imagine that!

Oh......I just had a thought! It just this second occurred to me......inasmuch as you seem to "be in awe" of all of these "highly educated" and highly suspicious "academics", I'm guessing you will also of course be a huge fan of the most highly famous and highly criminal "Professor Bill Ayers", who is also:

Spectacularly incompetent and unrepentant communist terrorist Bill Ayers officially throws his hat into the ring to replace Secretary of Education ... The couple pictured were Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, former leaders of the 1960s' Weather Underground, America's first terrorist cult. One of their bombing ...


https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=cornel%20west

Checkmate Loc: Southern California

How about these: BLACK THUG LIVES DON'T MATTER & WHITE THUG LIVES DON'T MATTER. Sounds good to me, how about you?

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

That was a copy and paste and I meant to indicate so. It appears that I didn't. I wouldn't call myself a fan but I have watched him on TV on many occasions and I think he is very knowledgeable and intelligent. That isn't to say I would automatically be for something simply because he is. Louis Farrakhan I'm no fan of. I was rather radical in my youth so you might expect me to be more familiar with Ayers but I'm not very familiar. While I'm pretty OK with Obama I don't consider him a hero. Maybe someday we all will or maybe we won't but at this time I see him as a thoughtful and intelligent man trying to do a very difficult job against extreme opposition.