Why Don’t These #BlackLivesMatter?

By Brian C. Joondeph

As expected, the police and whites are being blamed for this summer’s urban unrest, including the recent police shootings in Dallas. The accusation is that white cops are doing nothing but running around hunting and shooting upstanding, law-abiding, unarmed black men. Never mind the actual statistics demonstrating that police shooting is in direct proportion to criminal activity; “The percentage of blacks fatally shot by police officers (26%) is almost exactly equal to the percentage of blacks committing violent crimes (24%).” Regardless of the facts,  Hillary Clinton blames whites and cops for the deaths of young black men.  Who are these young black men? The ones covered under the #BlackLivesMatter mantra. Do all of these black lives matter to the media and politicians or only some of them? .....

 

Then there are these names: Dantrell Davis. Ryan Harris. Eric Morse. Anyone heard of them? ......There are plenty more. Blair Holt, 16-year-old shot to death while riding a CTA bus in Chicago. Derrion Albert, also 16, fatally beaten in Chicago. Jonylah Watkins. a toddler killed in a Chicago drive-by shooting....... Ever hear of David Pounds?.....more black babies are killed by abortion than are born alive.......“It would take cops 40 years to kill as many black men as have died at the hands of others black men in 2012 alone......Why don’t these Black Lives Matter?......
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