Posted by
Vegas George on Saturday, April 26, 2008 7:46:04 PM
I really love this Al Sharpton character. What a dufus! Here is an article on his threat to shut down New York City because of the killing of Sean Bell.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080426/D909P8SG0.html
I've got a news flash for Al and anyone else who's interested in this case. If you go out late at night drinking and drugging, or to places where drinking and drugging take place, or to places where illegal activities such as prostitution take place, you are putting yourself at risk. If, at such a place and time, you get drunk and belligerent, fail to follow the directions of police officers, and get into your car and try to run away, you are likely to get shot and killed. That's the just the way it is. That's the way its always been. I suspect that's the way it will always be.
You have the choice of how you are going to behave, where you are going to be, and who you are going to be with. If you make poor choices, then you are likely to suffer poor results.
This has nothing whatsoever to do with the color of your skin. The exact same rules and risks apply to me, a white guy. That's why I would never go to such a place, or act that way. I know better.
So, maybe Mr. Bell and his friends were just acting stupidly. All I can say is, "that explains it." Being stupid is no defense, no justification, and certainly no protection. Being stupid is like "having the right of way." You're still just as dead when the truck hits you.
Al and his ilk ought to give it up. They are never going to help anyone as long as they insist on blaming the police, or society, or the government for individual and personal failures like this.