Lowering the gavel…

As submitted to the CNN  Larry King Live blog

September 10th, 2009 1:48 am ET

September 11th, 2009 10:52 pm ET  (Rewritten and accepted by CNN Larry King Live blog post.)

 
Reply to Roi,
I stand by what I said. Again; this is not a debate about whether or not police brutality exists or not. So, why do you keep saying I will never understand? Yes!, –I understand police brutality exists.

This is no reason to throw all rationality to the wind, blaming everything that goes wrong on race. Black or white, we all end up being falsely accused or judged at one time or another. If we work at pleasing God, rather than man; that hurt or burden on our shoulders will be lifted, –knowing that our maker, God knows and understands all, even if nobody else does.

True justice wears a blindfold. How did the policeman mishandle the situation? You seem to be saying that the policeman should have known all the facts, and what was going on, before even arriving on the scene. What would have been the right way to handle the situation, according to you? Would you have knocked on the door timedly and wait to see if you were going to be stabbed or shot, or the intruders flee?

As far as the police officer having “lied,” this is a weak attempt to try to make the professor blameless. Obviously, this was an innocent mistake in a small and unimportant detail by the police officer in his recollection of a fast moving and a potentially lethal and dangerous event.. Why would he ”lie” about that? What difference does it make? This accusation is nothing more than a smoke screen. it is obvious here, that you are pitting race against race, rather than just looking rationally and clearly at the situation. It should not matter, who is black or who is white.

The police officer should be commended. The professor should stand up like a man and apologize for his wrongs. It would have made no difference if the professor was white, and the policeman had been black. But, I do believe that in your case, if this had been such, –you would still be saying that the white man was in the wrong, and the black man was in the right.

From what I see in such carryings on, it appears that blacks are often, or even more racist than whites, in these modern times, such as the likes of Al Sharpton, or Jerimah Wright. This kind of racial hatred, black or white, only sets our country back in time, and not forward. Drop your pride, and think about it. The gospel of Jesus Christ says it all. Again, the point here is this has nothing to do with who is black or who is white. Many of my friends and Christian brothers are black. Color or race is not an issue in every case.

Do you have any white friends? If not, –why not? Why not try to make this world a better place, rather than trying to tear it down? Why not get rid of the baggage, and walk towards the light. You will feel a lot better. No one is perfect in him or her own self. If you choose to harbor vengeance, hatred and racism for all the wrongs in the world, it will only hold you down, from within. The world would be at peace, if it listened to Jesus. Best to you, –dc

Cracking this case; lowering the gavel!

Black or White? –True Justice wears a Blindfold

September 8th, 2009 10:15 pm ET
Submitted to CNN Larry King Live blogs

 

 Dave Cohen,
Saying it does not fix the problem, but it helps to think about who we are in the sight of God. God is no respecter of persons. We are to love God and one another, and not to think that we are better than others. Yes, I believe that as you admit, this incident could have been mistaken in being labeled as racial profiling. When you look at the facts without prejudices, it is very clear that this incident had nothing to do with racial profiling, other than what the professor, who was totally out of line, made it out to be. I thought I had made my self clear, that this has nothing to do about anyone saying that racial profiling doesn’t exist. What is troublesome, is the idea that because racial profiling exists, as does many other wrongs in this world, it should be a reason or excuse to throw our justice system out the window, assuming who is right and who is wrong according to their race. Professor Gates needs to obey and respect the authority of police officers doing their job, just like everyone else. What is so ironic in this particular case, is that the police were there to protect the professor’s own property. Professor Gates should have been thankful and eager to cooperate. It is shocking that a man of his standing, education and caliber would harbor such a racial and hateful attitude to a public servent just because that person is white. The professor should apologize to society, get off his high horse and go out on a few shifts with these courageous police officers, who are risking their lives daily, in order to help protect society. We need to be reaching forward for what is good and right, not hindering that process by stepping backwards  in time. –dc

 

 

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September 2nd, 2009 1:58 pm ET My answer to Paul Diamond, 9/1/09:  I agree with all that you wrote here, and it is a good post. It helps us to consider and understand why different people might think, and act as they do. We should love them anyway. We are all products of something, or whatever, that makes us react and think the way we do… (Some people are even sick, or mentally disturbed; but I don’t believe that applies in this case.) Still, the bottom line here remains the fact that the Professor acted wrongly. To send out a message that any minority or race is justified in thumbing their noses to the authority of police officers, who are merely doing their job, as a service to us all, –should not be propagated. If the Professor can get away with it, than it sets the precedent that so can anyone else, making a laughing stock of our justice system. Do not the police have a hard enough time doing their jobs already?  We need to stand behind what is right, and be able to appreciate and note and answer to the things that are wrong, if we care to live in a society that will work for all of us. –dc

The professor, the police officer, and Obama

 The professor, the police officer, and Obama

This is a no-brainer. The professor was clearly way out of line, and the police officer was doing his job. It is as simple as that.

Put yourself in the same situation: You have locked yourself out of your house, and you and another person are trying to break into the front door. A neighbor sees this and calls 911 to report a suspected burglery in progress. After you have entered your home, the police arrive. Would you not be a bit embarrassed to have caused a stir, and be only ready and willing to apologize and quickly answer questions in order to straighten out the problem? Wouldn’t you be thankful that your house and interests are being protected from intruders?

Now, put yourself in the shoes of the police officer, who is well trained to handle these situations.

He arrives on the scene, where supposedly two men have broken into the house, and are still inside, and that there is a good chance that foul play is going on inside. The police enter the house and confront the person inside, who they find is unruly, confrontational, abusive, and uncooperative, –and most importantly, hindering the police from doing their job.
 

Now, what are the police to think? Who is this man? Will he pull a gun? Where is the other man? Is the other man still in the process of escaping from the house, or is he lurking somewhere in the corners?  Is the first man stalling and buying time, by his uncooperation and wild rantings? How are the police to correctly size up this situation? Must they be shot first?

Due to this professor’s wild rantings, false accusations, disrespect, reluctance to cooperate, and hinderance to the investigation, –without  rational cause or reason, –than; this was indeed due cause for his arrest. It has nothing to do with race. –dc