After the massacre of five Dallas cops, during a protest of police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota,President Obama said, “America is not as divided as some have suggested.”
Former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey, an African-American, says we are “sitting on a powder keg.”
Put me down as agreeing with the president. For when a real powder keg blew in the ’60s, I was there. And this is not it.
In 1965, the Watts area of Los Angeles exploded in the worst racial violence since the New York draft riot of 1863 when Lincoln had to send in veterans of Gettysburg. After six days of looting, shooting and arson in LA, there were 34 dead, 1,000 injured, 4,000 arrested.
In 1967, Newark, New Jersey, and Detroit exploded, bringing out not only the Guard but the 82nd Airborne. After Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, a hundred American cities burst into flame.
Troops defended the White House. Marines mounted machine guns on the Capitol steps. Thousands of soldiers patrolled the city. The 7th and 14th street corridors of my hometown, D.C., were gutted and would not be rebuilt for years. That was a powder keg — that went off.
But only crazed cop-haters applaud that Dallas atrocity by the delusional anti-white racist Micah X. Johnson. As for the shootings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, almost all agree they must be investigated, and justice done.
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ReplyDeleteNot until after the election. She won't ditch those votes.
ReplyDeleteAfter listening to her yesterday it does seem she's giving the appearance of it. She did kinda sorta do a bit of distancing herself from them yesterday so where she goes from here who knows. It depends on which way the wind is blowing. Yesterday she was considerably toned down too. She still took a few jabs at Donald Trump but she wasn't screaming like some kind of banshee like she tends to do.
ReplyDeleteWho do you think is her enforcers along with the DemocRATS enforcers.
ReplyDeleteYesterday Clinton definitely walked back the pandering to and courting of, BLM. She can and she knows it. She has the black vote. It's the white vote she needs and her pandering has cost her some of that vote. If too many whites start bailing out on her, you will see her do an out and out denouement of BLM. She knows BLM is not going to get her elected. She's only playing to blacks.
ReplyDeleteHer whole professional life is full of contradictions. She's for something one day, but the wind changes and she's against it. Not a good choice for leadership.
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