WE NEED TO LEAD OURSELVES!!!

hello america!!! allentown pa has had 17 homicides (YTD) & the police are responsible for only 1 of them (the person they killed was in a car ramming their cars & trying to run them over) which, by true math, leaves 16 homicides that we just don't talk about---just so you know, we don't talk about the senseless carnage we inflict on one another but hey, let a cop kill one of us (justified or not) & we bug out...

we have become desensitized to 'us' killing 'us' &, other than trump, extremely few of our 'so-called leaders' even discuss it---blm, the media, 'big-named' affluent people &, other groups fail to talk about what we are doing to one another, however, they all find time to show up when a cop does the killing---hell, even then, we react/vent the wrong way by burning our own communities down which is the same twisted logic as 'i'm mad at you so i'll hurt myself'...

what 'good' has been accomplished since the death of freddie gray in baltimore??? all that destruction & hate---for what??? baltimore has had 304 homicides (YTD) of which 263 were black & 3 hispanic but, you don't hear crap about them---the media & 'big-shots' focused on freddie gray & they sensationalized it to boost their false narrative about massive police brutality within our communities---hey, i can even remember congressman elijah cummings marching down the streets of baltimore, arm-in-arm, during the freddie gray uprisings & hey, i haven't seen or heard from him since (guess we have to wait for another cop killing another of ours)...

good people, please, don't get me wrong---we do have cops that exercise their authority much more aggressively than they should (for many reasons) & they should be held accountable for whatever 'wrong-doing' they do PERIOD---the flip-side of that is, we can't (& shouldn't) condemn all of them based on the negative actions of a few---if you do, you're filled with that same 'stinkin-thinkin' that if a few black people do negative things, than all black people do them & hey, we've been fighting against that sick logic for far too long---whether you agree or not, we need our cops &, the vast majority of them do a superb job of policing our communities...

what we should be talking about is what we are doing to one another & no amount of pro-athletes kneeling will ever change that---whoops, they're kneeling in protest but not for that---they're protesting police brutality against people of color which, in reality, is not as big a problem as we're led to believe & the numbers back that up (fyi---606 chicago homicides 'YTD' of which 468 of them were black & 105 of them hispanic---the cops have killed 10 people & wounded 10 people) & hey, those numbers are re-played out all over our country...

we, as a people of color, are our worst enemy---we've allowed the gangs, drugs & guns to excessively infiltrate our communities &, unfortunately, we willfully remain silent whenever something bad occurs (which is 24/7) (& then, we ask, where were/are the police???)...

another thing we do is, we continue to vote for democrat mayors to run our communities that promise us the world &, once elected, they ignore our needs until the next election---think what you will but, other than trump, when was the last time a president sent in the feds to try & clean up the gang & drug problems??? just think on this---the last time chicago had a repub mayor was 1923 &, the last time detroit had a repub mayor was 1963---look at where the 'windy city' & 'motor city' are now & cops killing people of color is far from their major concerns (unless you listen to the media, etc...)---perhaps this may be easier for you to follow; if any part of white america is suffering, people of color in those same parts will suffer even more...

good people, we allow ourselves to be incited by the media that fan the flames of hatred & racism &, by following their lead, we are further dividing ourselves from one another & hey, nobody seems to have the time or patience to look beyond the headlines---on that note, not a one of the 6 police officers charged for the death of freddie gray has been found guilty---some were actually found 'not guilty' of all charges & others had their charges 'dropped'---that also is something that's been repeating itself all across our nation, i.e; former st louis police officer, jason stockley was also found 'not guilty' of all charges stemming from the death of anthony smith---we're quick to condemn & react but slow to the ways of justice...

just so you'll know, please check this out from chicago, illinois...

2012---514 homicides/392 black-70 hispanic---police killed 8/wounded 49
2013---455 homicides/357 black-83 hispanic---police killed 13/wounded 30
2014---464 homicides/353 black-67 hispanic---police killed 17/wounded 28
2015---510 homicides/401 black-81 hispanic---police killed 9/wounded 16
2016---807 homicides/626 black-133 hispanic---police killed 11/wounded 14
2017---606 homicides/468 black-105 hispanic---police killed 10/wounded 10
                                                                                                                                                   

6 years under a dem mayor (rahm emanuel, 2011-present)---3,356 total homicides---2,597 of them black---539 hispanic---police killed 69 people/wounded 147 & our problem is with the police??? are you really that daft??? you all can send 'prayers up' for others but not your own??? where is the outrage for the atrocities we inflict on ourselves??? where's the media, blm, the women's group, etc, etc??? in 8 years under obama, he didn't even bring to light the problems we create for one another, however, he was so quick to point out that the cops 'acted stupidly' when they arrested his friend in massachusetts (the start of our national hatred towards cops)---other 'FAKE' politicians have since jumped on that same 'band wagon' & we're shooting cops at an alarming rate...

while just 1 unjustified killing of anybody is unacceptable, the police actions pale in the face of what we are doing to one another---true math will never lie but, there are those that will purposely distort the facts to suit their agendas & hey, those are the ones that wish you no good...

while our 'pro-players' have the right to kneel during the playing of our national anthem, that doesn't make their actions right---& no, we don't address their reasons for 'kneeling', we're too caught up in the 'respect/disrespect' angle of their actions & that's all the media focuses on---i must admit that when i am at home & hear our anthem, i do not stand up but i do when i am in public & yes, i do remove my hat & cross my heart---i do know that our pro-sports squads serve a lot of our community needs but, i just think we would be better served by them if they actually went to our communities where we're so willing to take the life of another---

before i close, will anybody question the following:::
1...just how are all these guns magically appearing in our down-trodden communities???
2...just why won't the authorities stop it????

&, i'm sure, you have your own questions but hey, when it's easier for a kid to buy a street gun than it is for him/her to graduate, our problems aren't with the police...