The Charlotte Observer goes total #BlackLiveMatter in this OpEd:
Jonathan Ferrell faced three officers; only the white one used deadly force
"What did you see when you watched the police dashcam video from the night of Jonathan Ferrell’s fatal shooting?
Did you see a confused young man who sought help after a late-night car accident, only to have officers spook him into running by pointing their weapons at him?
Or did you see an erratic young man who charged at Randall “Wes” Kerrick, putting the police officer in mortal fear and leaving him no choice but to shoot?
Your answer probably squares with what you already think about the national debate about police shootings of unarmed black men.
If you are white and think cops are unfairly criticized, you see yet another black man who could still be alive if only he awaited police orders and obeyed them.
If you are black and you see a pattern of fatally biased policing, you see one more white officer so physically intimidated by the thought of the “big bad black man” that he picks deadly force as his first option instead of the last.
Frazier's racist rant continues here.
The #BlackLivesMatter virus has infected The Observer's editorial staff, a fact that comes as no real surprise nor that the paper continues the us vs them battle, but isn't it just getting a little old?
I have to admit that in 2007 I actually thought that electing a "Black American" to the White House would be a great unifying moment in the history of our county. I could not have been more wrong.
The inauguration of Barrack Obama became the only moment the country came together as Americans, in the last seven years. The United States that was arm and arm post 9/11 has become more divided than ever before, divided along the lines of color.
The divide was clear this week as the State of North Carolina tried to build a case against Randall Kerrick via the testimony of a fellow officer. The Officer's bumbling, loopy testimony had to be coached and prodded. Officer Neal at times couldn't even remember the defendants name. The same officer he had worked with for the prior 16 months.
Neal's witness stand testimony, video taped post shooting interview, the internal affairs interview all varied as to time place and actions.
Which brings us back to the racial divide. Ten years ago Officer Neal would have still possessed a spine and would have refused to be a part of throwing a fellow officer under the bus. He would have told the facts but would have refused the State's attempt to spin his testimony.
But because of his color apparently Neal felt he owed it to "His people" to say what the prosecution wanted.
If Erric Fraizer had a spine he'd ask the real question why did a college football linebacker decide to try flatten only the white police officer?
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