Midnight ramblings..... sorry so scatterbrained this evening

Ok, more thoughts on current events….

Let me just say that this post will upset some people… SO let’s get that outta the way right now….

Do not get me wrong, I am all for reforming the police system we currently have. I firmly believe there is injustice and corruption galore. However, there are a few key things I have noticed….. and I am wondering if anyone else has noticed them as well…

This article will be about how I have seen the Black Lives Matter movement as an outsider looking in so to speak – it is NOT to say anything bad or diminish their cause but just to make a few points that have me a bit confused….

I date a black man and even he is confused by these things, so I decided to make this post hoping to find HONEST answers and non racist feedback. I make this post in a non-racist manner – although I will be discussing the movement – this truly is NOT about skin color. And as you read the ENTIRE post it is obvious this post is not about race – but events….

I am gonna go back to the Michael Brown incident and start from there…. I shall explain things as I have understood them…. When I say this I mean from what the news has said and my own research…. Obviously since I was not present for any of these I am making NO conclusions unless I specifically state them – so please do not put words in my mouth that ain’t meant to be there ok?

I have watched for years the videos of both blacks and whites, and all other races being chased down by cops on YouTube videos…. I watch so many documentaries I am like a walking library….

Now, as I understand things, the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum when Michael Brown was shot. However, according to the documentaries – the entire movement is based on a lie. The hands up don’t shoot – I will explain, so please don’t blow a gasket ok.

As the news first portrayed it – the officer supposedly shot him in the back, he was unarmed and totally innocent…. The whole country cried over the death of an unarmed young man being shot down while crying hands up don’t shoot.

Then the forensics came back, witness testimony came in and the documentary came out….

Michael Brown had just done a strong arm robbery stealing some of those little cigars, was walking in the middle of the street and had an altercation with the officer while the officer was still inside of his vehicle…. Forensics proved Michael was NOT shot in the back, but all shots were to his front as he charged at the officer – according to the documentary (not to me – this is what he documentary claims)

Also, the documentary claims never once did Michael Brown say – hands up don’t shoot. That was his buddy telling a lie who later recanted that statement.

However, I can stand with the movement on the hands up don’t shoot because I have seen MANY videos where people cry that out and get shot anyways. People of all races are being killed and it sickens me.

What I have an issue with on the movement is this – it seems like every person they put on a pedestal has a lengthy criminal record. The young lady in Louisville who recently was shot in her own apartment is an exception, but for the most part the ones being held as martyr’s by the movement are not of good character.

Michael Brown for example. A kid, 18 years old and already committing strong arm robbery! Yet, because he was unarmed and shot – he has been put on a pedestal as if we should look up to him.

Freddie Grey, a young man who was killed by police – again had a criminal history. (I do not know enough about his history to make further remarks)

Eric Garner – choke hold by cops killed him – again do not know enough about his history to make further remarks.

There have been so many of both races, but I am only addressing a handful here that are black since I am asking things about the movement. Naming whites who have been killed wrongfully by cops would have no bearing on the point I am trying to make on why I am seriously confused.

George Floyd – definitely murdered by those cops. No question about that. Wrongfully killed and I stand firm on that belief – ok. We are in agreement he needs justice!!!

However, George had a criminal record one charge was holding a gun to a pregnant woman while she was robbed. He did have narcotics in his system at the time of death. This by no means justifies what happened, nothing justifies it. All I am saying is that George was not an angel.

They did not prove he even knew that the bill was fake…. He had left the store and other people had come and gone I mean how did they even know that particular bill came from George??? Most places test it before they even give you change right???

What I am asking is why the movement is putting some hard core criminals on a pedestal as if they were these great people who should be revered. It is absolutely tragic that they lost their lives in such a manner without a doubt.

But, wouldn’t it be better for the movement to uphold someone like the young lady from Louisville – Breonna Taylor? A true role model that kids could strive to be like. Instead, kids see the role models the movement upholds and they want to be like them…

There are mixed messages within the movement and that is why I am confused.

It also seems like black on black crime is totally ignored by the movement. Since David Dorn was shot by a looter in St Louis I have not heard one peep from the movement about his death. Now he would be a great role model for the kids. But I get the feeling that because he was killed by a black man then his death doesn’t fit the public narrative.

But David Dorn’s life mattered too.

What I also see is the movement pushing to erase history. Removing those monuments doesn’t change what happened. If you ignore history you are doomed to repeat it. I am not sure how I feel about all that though. I do understand that having them in your face brings hard feelings. They should not be destroyed though, maybe put in a museum where we can teach the children to do better.

Look at Stalin, he did the same thing. Look how that worked out….

Back to the topic though….. The movement has legitimate issues – but I think we need to stand together because statistics prove that more whites die at the hands of cops than blacks do. However, the death of blacks seems to get more national attention.

It still baffles me that a movement as large as this must base their role models on criminals. Our kids see that we put these people on pedestals and they want to grow up and be like them. This is a vicious cycle that begets violence and death. These kids see that George Floyd committed crimes ok, they say, Hey I am gonna go do this or that, and then bam the kid is the next one on the news being shot or killed by a cop.

WE have to stop this vicious cycle and the only way to do this is to give kids good role models to look up to. Someone getting killed by a cop – for whatever reason – is NOT how anyone wants their child to end up like.

The riots and looting also teach the kids very bad things. With all the video now it’s not like anyone is going to truly get away with that. Looting is stealing and when an adult does this and a child sees it what have you taught that child?????

Saying it’s justified because of cops wrongfully killing someone – Target didn’t kill George the cops did. Breaking windows, looting jewelry stores… do you see what this is teaching the children????

Yes, it got the world’s attention. Yes, things will be changed.

But with the issues facing the black community NOW – can the kids truly afford to continue to be taught that the cycle of violence is never ending????

WE can do better people!!!!

WE need to teach these kids LOVE instead of hate!!!

WE need to be better role models for them!!!

Haven’t we learned the Do as I say and not as I do approach is NOT working????

I will be the first to step up and donate time and use of my land to assist in teaching kids about nature out here, how things were done way back when….(Will make a small list below) ….

The only way we can overcome this is to begin to love each other, and that means giving TIME to each other. We must learn about each other, the world we live in and how to take care of it and each other with LOVE.

The Bible said it best and this is a great place to start John 3:16 – we should be more like Jesus.

What I can offer –

1.       How to home preserve food

2.       How to foster kittens and other small animals

3.       How to live off grid the old fashioned way

4.       How to set up a small solar system

5.       How to compost and repurpose lots of things

6.       How to design HTML websites

7.       How to use IRC chat

8.       Management skills

Each and every one of us has something positive to teach the younger generation. It is high time we start doing that instead of teaching them the hatred and violence that has been going on for decades.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result. Haven’t you been insane long enough listening to Democrats blow smoke up your asses for decades and never getting anything from them except misery????

It is time for a change. It is time to get the career politicians OUT and put in people who will truly do something for you.

Do not allow them to force us to vote by mail….. We will all lose if that happens….