Statues are being vandalized and removed, the Confederate flag is being banned by NASCAR, the NFL is apologizing for not recognizing the significance of taking the knee, reality TV cop shows will no longer be shown and cops now feel like Vietnam veterans returning to a country that hates them.
In a kick below the belt against the police, Houston’s uber-left DA Kim Ogg has dismissed nearly 800 criminal charges against protesters arrested by Houston cops.
The country has descended into sheer madness over the murder of a career criminal by a Minneapolis cop.
The rioters that looted, burned, fire bombed the police and otherwise assaulted cops, were encouraged to do so by Colin Kaepernick who refers to them as “freedom fighters” … and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is now apologizing to that creep.
Bill de Blasio, the Sandinista-loving mayor of New York now says “everything named after Robert E. Lee in NYC has to go.”
In Seattle protesters have established what they call the ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,’ or CHAZ, setting up barricades and armed checkpoints and declaring that police are not allowed inside the zone. What has the city done about it? It provided the insurrectionists with garbage cans and porta potties. And what did the police do? Absolutely nothing!
Here in Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the statues of Richard Dowling in Hermann Park and the Spirit of Confederacy in Sam Houston Park will be removed on Juneteenth Day.
Not only have the statues of Confederate heroes been vandalized and pulled down all over the country, but statues of Christopher Columbus have also been vandalized, including the one here in Houston.
Republican senators have joined with the Democrats in voting to change the names of 10 US Army bases that are named after Confederate generals.
We’ve had this teachable moment before with the Rodney King beating 29 years ago.
So, what will the protests and riots accomplish besides demonizing all of our brave police officers and getting Kaepernick back in the NFL?
When all this madness is over and done with and the protesters have gone home, one thing is for sure: There will not be any less racism in the US.
Manny says
Why am I not surprised that a Republican would state that racism is here to stay. There are less people today that are racist in America then there were in the 1950s. But Republicans want to keep racism as high as possible as that is what they use to appeal to their base (racism).
Racism may always be a part of the human experience, but it does not have to be as high. People like you would love to take us back when there were no minorities in the police department and minorities were not allowed to eat in the same place as people like you or allowed to attend the same schools.
Howie Katz says
Manny, there you go again. “There are less people today that are racist in America then there were in the 1950s.” That’s simply wishful thinking. Back in the 50s there was a lot of overt racism in this country, but that went out of style. Today there are just as many racists, but racism is now covert. Even your beloved Barack Obama and Joe Biden say that racism is systemic in this country. Very many of your fellow Democrats are closet racists.
For your information, I’m not a Republican. I vote for the best candidates , be they Republicans or Democrats. It’s just that in recent years, it has been hard to find a Democrat that I would vote for.
And your remark that “Republicans want to keep racism as high as possible” is an unadulterated load of horseshit!
Bill Daniels says
Manny,
You of all people should know that racism is here to stay. Look in the mirror. You really, really, hate whitey. I mean, it’s stunning, really, the amount of hate you have in your heart for whites. No doubt you passed that hatred on to your kids. That’s the thing about kids….they have to be TAUGHT to hate, and I’m sure you were an excellent teacher.