Oh the shame of it all
Congressional Representative Maxine Waters is upset again, this time by the police shooting of a black 13 year old car theft suspect. She has urged the community to "...demand justice and become even more creative in ways to shame the establishment for tolerating this kind of abuse in our city."
Never mind the fact that the investigation is still underway and that it appears that the victim in this shooting was behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle that he was backing towards the officer who fired the fatal shots. Let's set that aside for a moment and deal with the outrage of these community leaders.
Where was their outrage in the case of Burley Lewis Dixon and Gregory Sims Dixon, who were shot in their front yard at 3:30 in the afternoon by an unidentified African-American male? The brothers were shot multiple times and Burley Lewis Dixon, aged 31, died of his wounds. This was less than one month ago and only 3 miles from the location of the shooting that has Ms Waters' knickers in a twist.
Where was and is the outrage over the 50 homicide victims within the city limits of Los Angeles thus far in the year 2005? That's more than one per day. The police trumpet a reduction in overall violent crime stats but the fact remains that thus far in this year, someone in the city has been murdered every 18.72 hours. Is Ms Waters going to shame the establishment into doing something about that? She isn't concerned about black on black crime, or black on white crime or any kind of crime unless it is a criminal act where the police may have violated the rights of the suspect in the crime. Perhaps if she were to direct some of her outrage towards the victims of crime, rather than making political hay out of cases like this most recent police shooting, she might accomplish something positive for a change.
I know, I know, it's asking too much. But can we at least wait until the investigation of this officer involved shooting has concluded before people climb on the political soapbox and demand the officer's head?
Never mind the fact that the investigation is still underway and that it appears that the victim in this shooting was behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle that he was backing towards the officer who fired the fatal shots. Let's set that aside for a moment and deal with the outrage of these community leaders.
Where was their outrage in the case of Burley Lewis Dixon and Gregory Sims Dixon, who were shot in their front yard at 3:30 in the afternoon by an unidentified African-American male? The brothers were shot multiple times and Burley Lewis Dixon, aged 31, died of his wounds. This was less than one month ago and only 3 miles from the location of the shooting that has Ms Waters' knickers in a twist.
Where was and is the outrage over the 50 homicide victims within the city limits of Los Angeles thus far in the year 2005? That's more than one per day. The police trumpet a reduction in overall violent crime stats but the fact remains that thus far in this year, someone in the city has been murdered every 18.72 hours. Is Ms Waters going to shame the establishment into doing something about that? She isn't concerned about black on black crime, or black on white crime or any kind of crime unless it is a criminal act where the police may have violated the rights of the suspect in the crime. Perhaps if she were to direct some of her outrage towards the victims of crime, rather than making political hay out of cases like this most recent police shooting, she might accomplish something positive for a change.
I know, I know, it's asking too much. But can we at least wait until the investigation of this officer involved shooting has concluded before people climb on the political soapbox and demand the officer's head?
posted by me at 3:03 PM
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