Now correct me if I’m wrong , but the usual will happen. First there is the protest, then the family will put up a gofundme, Ben Crump will move swiftly to settle the case. The president will call the family and even invite them to the white house, and here comes Ben Crump’s favorite part, The City/State will pay out a lump sum usually in the millions. Then everyone will go about their daily  lives like nothing happened. Does this sound familiar?

Its almost as if we want these things to happen so we get a big pay out. These settlements are tax payers money. I don’t know who we think we are punishing by taking this money? the white man ? white supremacy?  the Police ? the state ? we have to learn that you cannot punish an entity or  an institution, you can punish individuals though,  sure a few individuals will go to jail but the system remains the same.  let us remember this is not money from wall street, not money from big pharma, not money from big tech , not money from corporations, basically its not money from institution that systematically oppressed black people.  I will say it again , it is tax payers money.

This simply means money from some resource will have to be diverted to pay for this,  some family will be become very rich . These states are usually impoverished and yet somehow we will squeeze out millions just to give to one family as if to say it will bring their family back. lets take a look at some numbers shall we

1. Tamir Rice $6 Million
2. Freddie Gray $6.4 Million
3. Laquan Mcdonald $5 Million
4. Eric Garner-$5.9 Million
5. Sandra Bland-$1.9 Million
6. Mike Brown-$1.5 Million
7. Trayvon Martin $1 Million ( undisclosed)
8. Philando Castile  $3Million
9. Sean Bell-$7 million
10. Koryn Gaines (was supposed to $32 Million but a settlement was reached for $3 million)
11. Alton Sterling $3 million
12. Oscar Grant $1.5 million
13. George Floyd $27 Million
14. Breonna Taylor $12 Million

Yes brothers and sisters , $88 Million and counting , let us not forget, black lives matter founder Patrice Cullors became a millionaire by starting an organization for activism. Black lives matter got more than $90 million. Yes they got more money than the sum total of what the Victims got. Let us not forget Rodney King who was awarded $3.8 Million  who died of a drug overdose

Brothers and sisters, it is getting to a point where the difficult question has to be asked

Do We really want Justice ? Or a Pay out ????

First Publication on this Issue 

“We had 8 years of a black presidency,  we still had to wait for the white man to make Juneteenth a Holiday”

Now before I forget, we don’t agree with a statue of Dr. Carson because we don’t like him simply because he supports Donald Trump, and worked in Trump’s government. Never mind the fact he performed a groundbreaking surgery and he is still alive.

Think about it all George Floyd did was make money for organizations like Black Lives  Matter.  Aren’t we the same people who say the white man deliberately leaves out inventions made by black people, He perfected a kind of surgery that served as a blueprint for many years? This man built on the legacy of Dr. Vivien Thomas, the black man who cured the blue baby syndrome, we need to recognize this man regardless of his political ideology, he was a doctor first! Took an oath to save lives before he got into politics. 

To end this,  I think we should learn to appreciate our heroes while they are still alive, People who actually contributed to society. we should stop supporting people who became heroes by default.

Shootings in Minneapolis up over 200%, isn’t this the place where George Floyd got killed? OOOHh we all wanted to pretend that there was nothing but Angels in that city,  if the police will just leave them alone everyone will go about their business, and everything will be alright. Today the city council of that same city, made a decision to  increase the police budget  by $6 million, interestingly they decrease the budget by $8 million during the protests

We have to understand that criminals are not law-abiding citizens, they follow their own rules, and what they would like is some sort of anarchy, so they will be able to do the things that are not beneficial to anyone but themselves. We also need to understand that we cannot demonize the police as a whole and think that once they are gone, everything will be alright, criminals will just stop committing crimes, most crimes are economic and not because of the police.  We don’t have to listen to politicians, they treat us like spoilt children in order to get our votes, they can’t make tough decisions, especially these days… we as a people should decide what is good for us, I say more training is needed…. both the public and police. especially the public since we don’t see all the data unless something terrible happens. If anyone has doubts, we now know what happens when we make hasty decisions like defunding the police

What we need to do as black people is to create an outrage for the following,  like black on black crime, black on black killing, maybe if we do that something might actually change.  If congress can be pushed to change policing in America, then we can push for other things, like systemic racism, if we believe it, we should be able to push congress to change certain laws.

Let us look at some of the things in the new Police Bill ( The justice of policing ACT of 2020)

some things in Executive Order

• Prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, religious and discriminatory profiling, and mandates training on racial, religious, and discriminatory profiling for all law enforcement.

• Bans chokeholds, carotid holds, and no-knock warrants at the federal level and limits the transfer of military-grade equipment to state and local law enforcement.

• Mandates the use of dashboard cameras and body cameras for federal offices and requires state and local law enforcement to use existing federal funds to ensure the use of police body cameras.

• Establishes a National Police Misconduct Registry to prevent problematic officers who are fired or leave on the agency from moving to another jurisdiction without any accountability.

• Amends federal criminal statute from “willfulness” to a “recklessness” standard to successfully identify and prosecute police misconduct.

• Reforms qualified immunity so that individuals are not barred from recovering damages when police violate their constitutional rights.

• Establishes public safety innovation grants for community-based organizations to create local commissions and task forces to help communities to re-imagine and develop concrete, just, and equitable public safety approaches.

• Creates law enforcement development and training programs to develop best practices and requires the creation of law enforcement accreditation standard recommendations based on President Obama’s Taskforce on 21st Century policing.

• Requires state and local law enforcement agencies to report the use of force data, disaggregated by race, sex, disability, religion, age.

• Improves the use of pattern and practice investigations at the federal level by granting the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division subpoena power and creates a grant program for state attorneys general to develop authority to conduct independent investigations into problematic police departments.

• Establishes a Department of Justice task force to coordinate the investigation, prosecution, and enforcement efforts of federal, state, and local governments in cases related to law enforcement misconduct.

I understand the issue from both sides. This is where I think the police need extra training.  How is it that the 2 police officers could not restrain one unarmed black man? They had to shoot him???  from what I understand they tried to tase him, we all saw how that ended up, he took the taser from one of the officers and attempted to use it on the officer.  Not too many people can think on their feet in hostile situations. From the story they appeared to have everything under control, it is when they attempted to arrest him, that is when it all changed, and he managed to take the taser from one of the officers, and then the police ended using deadly force. They shot him twice in the back which means he attempted to run away

What they should have done was as soon as he attempted to get away or got away they have let him go, got the car towed from the drive-through, no one had to die, hence the title of this article, “ you live to fight another day”. He failed a breathalyzer test which means he was intoxicated, the interesting thing is that he was actually asleep, and not being a danger to everyone else and himself on the road, just because of that alone, I don’t think he should have lost his life

They could have tracked him down and arrested him later if that Is what needed to be done. From the footage, the police appeared scared,  and if a police officer is scared, of an unarmed man, he better find another profession, which is why I agree with the officers being fired. We all have fear in us but you can’t let fear control you especially in the line of duty. How we use fear is the difference no one is immune to fear.

In the case of that individual, I wonder what was going on in his head before he got drunk and got behind the wheel, moreover why would you park in a drive-through lane?  Why would anyone do this?

In recent times the police do not have a good reputation, they are now the scapegoat of whatever goes wrong in the nation, never mind the civilian deaths, black on black murder, and all. “Someone said” if you play a stupid game win a stupid prize”, this is not the time to test the police.

The family already got a lawyer and I smell a wrongful death suit coming,   According to multiple sources, Tyler Perry as offered to pay for the funeral of the individual, Rayshard Brooks. The police chief resigned, and those two officers were fired (rightfully so), they were not responsible with their weapons.

Here is an officer who should still have a job, but they fired him anyway for not using deadly force, this is an officer who spotted mental issues from a mile away. In 2016 A black man by the name of RJ Williams who was suffering mental issues had a gun and wanted to commit suicide by police, Officer Stephen Mader had responded to a 911 call, and came face to face with this man, he drew his weapon and asked Mr. Williams to put his gun down, Mr. Williams said: “  I don’t want to, just shoot me “, officer Mader responded,” I’m not going to shoot you brother “ he clearly figured out that there was something wrong with this man, he tried to talk him out of it, well 2 other officers responding to the same 911 call came there and shot Mr. Williams,  here is the twist in this story officer Mader was actually fired for not shooting Mr. Williams, they said he was negligent and put the lives of his fellow officers at risk,  wow a police officer actually doing the right thing and he was fired for it. Still don’t think there are good police officers ??

I still don’t think defunding the police is the answer, li just think the police need extra training and follow this man’s example on how to spot situations like Mr. RJ Williams and learn to save lives,  but I also call for responsible citizenship.  We all should be responsible for our actions and should have no excuses at all. No one should attempt to take advantage of the situation at hand. This happens far too often. I think everyone was wrong in this situation, but sadly one person wouldn’t be around to correct his mistake, he is dead!

On May 25^th, 2020, a man by the name of George Floyd was murdered by Police. Police arrested George Floyd for passing a fake $20.0 bill at the grocery store. According to the story told Floyd purchased cigarettes and was asked to return the Cigarettes the store called the police and that is when Floyd had an encounter with the Police.  An encounter that cost him his life. The police officer claims he was resisting arrest and so the officer pressed his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for 8 mins and 46 seconds. The interesting part is that the whole incident was filmed on someone’s cell phone, thanks to new technology you may say, but people standing by were pleading with the Officer to at least stand-up, get off his neck, because Floyd was yelling out, “I can’t breathe”. He already had Floyd in handcuffs.

People did nothing but film the incident, I’m not calling for an attack on the police, but they didn’t do anything, even didn’t call 911,  that could have saved his life. They did not call extra police, they just kept filming.  It seems in this day and age, because of our addiction to our cell phones and social media we have actually forgotten how to be responsible citizens.  If someone’s house was burning as I said before, we might have to help before the fire department gets there. In this era, people will be the first to film and then post it on social media before they even think about doing anything else.

Cell phones these days are becoming more and more sophisticated,  our lives are more and more connected to this device.  The integration of social media platforms and cell phones made it possible to have access to social media platforms 24 hours a day and even broadcast live in most cases. In this always “connected” world people will rather be a Facebook citizen, Instagram citizen, than a responsible one. we always pay attention to things like drug epidemics, suicides, but somehow we have left out social media addiction, which in itself is an epidemic. I’m just an individual writing an article, but if this is not true, then why do we have social media addiction centers?? During Floyd’s incident, people were standing by for 8,  that is enough to save a life.  Paramedics would have told the officer to move, so they can administer first aid…….

Then followed waves of protest, all across the nation, it even went international. Another interesting fact, the same thing happened over and over again during the protest, riots, and looting. People went with their cell phones, filmed themselves at the protest, some even started broadcasting live, ( narcissism at its best). Some stood in front of the police officers, provoking them, and trying to get a reaction while filming so they can get “content” for their social media platforms. It is almost as if the people protesting didn’t go there to protest but to get on social media and act as if they were actually there to protest. Of course, our “holy” celebrities don’t make it easier, they have people who follow them on social media religiously,

The ironic part of all this was people didn’t realize that they were making the same mistake which partially caused the death of Mr. Floyd, No one did anything but stand there and film. I’m not saying they should have attacked the police,(AGAIN) but something as little as calling 911 when he first shouted “ I  can’t breathe” may have saved his life.  An ex-officer David Dorn, lost his life while trying to protect a store, while he was bleeding to death someone was filming instead of calling 911, he wanted to be the first to capture the footage.

Cell phones are a necessity in today’s word, but it is out of control, it has become the most important thing in our lives. Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the attention society, and the most important vehicle in this attention society are our smartphones. I will say this, like everything else moderation is the key, we have big corporations and social media companies who dissect and play with our emotions, the more addicted we are, the more money they make, it is in their best interest to keep us glued to our phones. This is a point where we as a society should pause and say “ this is getting out of hand, and we must do something about it”. The police are human beings too, so we can’t expect every police officer to be perfect, or even good,  what the INDIVIDUAL police did was wrong, he ended up killing a man, I don’t know what his intentions were, we leave that for the courts to decide and find out but at least at this man’s funeral,  it shouldn’t be all about police brutality,  it should also be about the mental health of which social media is a big part of. I don’t expect our politicians to do anything about it, they actually benefit from social media,  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called facebook a public health risk, of course after her campaign benefitted from its use.  I haven’t heard anything from the media about this issue.

Like I said before, moderation is the key, and let us give ourselves the chance to integrate responsible citizenry and social media, I’m just one man but I have started the conversation, hopefully, a few people will join in so we can get the ball rolling. This is a better idea than defunding the police. if we can do this to fast-food restaurants and push them to become more health-oriented, then we can also push these big corporations to address mental health and how addictive social media can be.

Let us take a look I agree with her that our community which is the black community always uplifts the wrong people, it is almost as if our heroes are the ones who have gone against the “system”. We like to listen to our entertainers, and we glorify the people who are actually engaging in destructive behavior.  I also agree with her on the point that, once the officer was arrested for killing an unarmed man, all this should have stopped. That showed that someone sat down and said “ wait a minute” this isn’t right”. The looting doesn’t help anyone, we have actually ended gentrifying our own neighborhoods. We almost always turn around and say “ why can’t we have nice things like white people?” we forget that looting and breaking into stores doesn’t really hurt the business, the big businesses have cash on hand, and they have insurance,  after all this, they are going to pack up and leave because their insurance premiums might be too high for being in a high-risk neighborhood. Burning Target or any other big store doesn’t hurt them all.  Their CFO’s actually have a budget for these things.

I also agree with what she said about  Derick Chavin, being a killer,  because of that, he is not being uplifted in the white communities.

Here is where I disagree with her,  she brought up George Floyd’s criminal record, and the mental state he was in during his arrest. My question to her would be So ???? His past doesn’t mean he should die like that or die by the hands of the law,  So to that point, I will say the fact that he wasn’t a good person in his community doesn’t mean he deserved to die. Actually, when Police officers found out he was high at the time of the “arrest” that was the more reason to handle him with extreme caution because he might not be responsible for his actions, his judgment would extremely be impaired. So him being intoxicated doesn’t mean he deserved to die. ( I can’t say that enough).

True he has a criminal record. He has done somethings that he shouldn’t have done, but the fact is he was murdered right in his own neighborhood, AND that is not right !!!. She is right that we go too far and only say good things about people who might not deserve it, but she is overlooking the fact that when someone dies, remembering the good things they do helps loved ones get some closure, he was still a human being and still had people who loved him.  I can’t say I agree with her, everyone has a good side and a bad side. The hypocrisy is the problem,  as black people, we love being hypocrites when it comes to things like this, it is almost as if we like to pretend we don’t kill each other on a daily basis.  I agree with the fact that she is calling out the hypocrisy. That being said it still doesn’t mean he deserved to die.  To me murder is murder. So black on black crime should get the same attention from black leaders, entertainers like George Floyd got. He has a gofundme set up that has almost $12 million and still going. Do you mean to tell me the death of this man has people pooling money together for one man ??? All in the name of Police Brutality???  We can’t do it for any other reason but tragedy?? My question is that didn’t police brutality exist before ??  Now we have our so-called entertainers, donating, setting up college funds, etc. Extreme virtual signaling!!

Let us do some math,  Oprah, Jay Z, Kanye West, Michael Jordan,  are all billionaires, they can actually put a college fund for a whole lot of kids, but that doesn’t happen,  I’m not asking them just to give money out, but it is just funny that they are doing that now.

Coming back to Candace, the criminal record doesn’t justify what happened to him.  The man shouldn’t have died at the hands of the law. The law was supposed to protect him in the first place. Let us be honest here if George Floyd had not died the way he did and just died at the hands of another black man, no one would have cared, its just another black man they will say.  She asked why are we pretending George Floyd was a good man?  Well here is where it gets a little tricky, if you go into his history, of course, he wasn’t a good man, but I have never seen the law take a record of someone’s “goodness”, it’s the bad things that one does, those are the things that are recorded.  George Floyd may have done some good things, but we might never know what those are because authorities are not interested in the good things people do. I think there is something larger at play here, for example, George Floyd knew that police officer, so why isn’t anyone talking about that?  they worked together for a year and no one is asking more questions about this.

She went on to say Police Brutality is a myth, well I disagree and agree at the same time if we are looking at the numbers alone it seems like a myth, secondly, if something appears on the news, just by default it means it doesn’t happen every day that is why it is on the news, example when killing became normal in the black neighborhoods, the media stopped reporting on the killings and murders because It became so normal that reporting on them will be a waste of time.  Most people cannot tell you, 5 people, who they know, who have been a victim of police brutality. Considering the fact that we are just  13% of the population. In fact, they are more likely to tell you about someone who they know, who got killed by another black person than killed by the police.

To end this I’ll ask, is everything happening really about Police Brutality, or is it about killing or about both, ?? If it is about Police Brutality then we have our priorities misplaced because that doesn’t happen as much as they would want us to believe, if it is about killing, then where is the outrage for David Dorn? David Dorn was a 77-year-old ex-police officer who was shot in cold blood by a black man while he was trying to protect a store from looters, you know the same looting that the death of George Floyd caused???  , I’m yet to see any protest and outrage about him. In fact, since he left behind 5 children and 10 grandchildren I think the Floyd family should donate some of the money they got from gofundme to Mr. Dorn’s family.  If this is a fight against systemic racism then they can join hands in solidarity can’t they ??? They got $12 Million, I stand corrected, they have broken gofundme donation record, it has surpassed $13 million, so what’s a million to this man’s family right ??? I doubt that will ever happen,  Minneapolis government just asked the federal government for $45 million, you know to help with all the damage, here is a strange idea, since everyone is claiming to stand in solidarity, everyone somehow cares about each other almost instantaneously,  the Floyd family can donate let’s say $2 million, they can even ask that the money is used to help those who lost their jobs due to this protest/riots/looting.  They can actually make provisions, so that police get nothing from their donation… Ha, once again I doubt that will ever happen. It is safe to say it was and will never be about George Floyd.

Speaking of gofundme Candace Owens put one up to raise funds for a Café in Birmingham,  Alabama, she got $200,000.00 Gofundme suspended her gofundme over her “opinion”!!!!