We interrupt your usual Comical musings to talk about some real shit. Not the realism that is portrayed in videos but the true perspective differences between two communities: African American and suburban America.
Last Thursday as you may know, Officer Omar Edwards was killed as he was first wrongly identified as a perp by fellow Officer Andrew Dunton after he already chased down a thief. A tragedy in all senses of the word that has left the black community mystified and other parts of New York saddened. Recently Charlie Rangel has come into fire for saying that if you are black and don't have the right identification not even President Obama is safe. People have said that this is typical race baiting for a black politician similiar to what Al Sharpton or Charles Barron does on a regular basis but the underlying truth still remains; that there are two different perspectives of Police's role in society and we must do our best to bridge that gap so that justice doesn't seem to be choosing a side it just is what we all want it to be: TRUTH.
First off I commend Congressman Rangel for actually voicing what his community truly feels. Too often, elected officials don't voice to the nation what their constituents really echo, they are just there for a chance to advance their own agendas and soft-pedal it off as an investment for their community. They take on hot-button issue that everyone have resoundingly little effect on their society (i.e Leroy Comrie jumping to stop the use of the N-word in black communities or The Republican War on Drugs).
Just want to truly open the debate about how Police react to blacks as opposed to whites. I hope I can generate a debate
