America

Did you read about the other poor guy they shot and killed for sitting in his car while black? A black couple with a 4-year-old kid gets pulled over for a non-functioning tail light. For you or me, that's a verbal warning or,at the most, a fix-it ticket. For a black couple, it's major harassment time. One of the cops asks the passenger for ID. This is totally unheard of for whites people, but pretty standard for blacks. The passenger reaches for his his wallet and at the same time tells the cop, "I have a concealed weapon permit and I'm armed." This is the courteous thing to do. The cop pulled out his gun and shot the guy, for no reason whatsoever.

The guy didn't die right away, but the gunshots blew his arm almost off and he was bleeding from his artery and no one rendered first aid so he bled to death.

In order to get a concealed weapon permit, a person has to pass a very strict background check. The fact that he had such a permit means he had no criminal record and WA, essentially, a good citizen. Apparently that didn't matter to the bigot cop who was apparently such a chicken-shit coward he was peeing his pants at the thought of an armed black man, and that it was okay to execute him on the spot for no reason other than being a black man in (legal) possession of a gun.

In true bigot fashion, the cops then took the woman driver into custody.......

Police in America these days are, by and large, the biggest cowards ever to walk the face of the earth. They piss their pants at the sight of a black person. Sadly, many of them are also bigots and think it is no big deal to take the life of a black person.

Tony Blair will be sending our Troops into the 'theatre' (his word) of the USA to deal with the unruly cops there, as he's a staunch supporter of fairness and of getting rid of little dictators.

I expect the 'demonstrating' includes smashing store windows and grabbing wide-screen TVs.

My gun-toting friend in Virginia says that if the cops ever stop her car she should declare possession of a gun and keep her mitts well clear of it - on the dashboard in clear view - and no sudden movements.

Who are the Brits who made their fortunes from the slave trade? Are their descendants still riding on this ill-gained lucre?

Would America be a better place if the lazy greedy Europeans had not grabbed a load of free labour from Africa? Would Africa be a better place if the slave trade for America not come about? Remember, the Arabs were already hunting for slaves in Africa well before America was discovered.

Oil and water don't mix, and the Blacks/Whites unease in America is never going to cease, just like the Isaeli/Arab bickerings. Watch this space in the year 2040 to see... er... pretty much of the same.

This is a good strategy whether one is carrying a weapon or not. I've only been stopped twice by police in the last 35 years, but my standard procedure is to pull over to a safe place to stop, roll down my window then put my hands on the steering wheel as the cop approaches the car. Using this strategy results in polite interaction with the officer.

But I don't get pulled over for "driving while white", whereas many Americans of African descent get pulled over for no more than "driving while black". I would imagine that gets old after a while.

By now everyone is probably aware of the shootings that took place in Texas this morning. It's difficult to comment on an event such as this. Whilst I don't condone the random shooting of police officers, I can't help but wonder just exactly what the police in this country thought was going to happen when they refused to stop the unwarranted killing of black men and boys by police officers?

The vast majority of police in this country are honest men and women going about their jobs in a respectable manner. Unfortunately, there is a significant percentage of police officers who are not mentally suited for police work because they are cowardly bigots who are scared of shadows just because they are black. These people have no business being allowed to carry guns, let alone being put in positions of authority.

The biggest problem, however, is not just the bad cops. The biggest problem is the "blue wall of solidarity", the "us against them" mentality that is held by almost all police officers, and shared by prosecuting attorneys, that prevents any effective policing of the police. The good cops refuse to do anything about the bad cops in their ranks, and so all police are becoming painted with the broad brush.

The good police officers in this country had better start taking a good look at their blue wall of solidarity and realize that, unless they actively work to rid their ranks of the rotten apples, and actively seek to have the bad apples prosecuted and imprisoned for their bigoted crimes, things are going to get much worse and much more dangerous for all of them. In an "us versus them" world, there are a whole lot more of them (citizens) then there are us (cops). If cops continue to murder at will, they will have to expect the same in return. America has a well-armed citizenry, and that citizenry will only tolerate so much abuse before incidents like what happened in Dallas become more prevalent.

I pray that what happened in Dallas will be a wake-up call for police everywhere in America and that the good cops will start taking action to rid their ranks of the bad cops. Sadly, I think the outcome will be that police will merely reinforce their blue wall, which will ultimately lead to more bloodshed on both sides.

This incident and the video has been all over our news today along with the one of the guy shot at point blank range.

i have said it before but some police officers over there seem completely out of control, it smacks of poor leadership to me.

One thing that struck me from the news coverage is that around 90% of the people are fat. Is this a black thing, or are most of the whites obese too?