DRIVING WHILE BLACK IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI!
That ol buggaboo crime; "Driving while Black," has again reared it's ugly head in St. Louis, MIssouri. Where is Rodney King and Mark Fuhrman when you need them.
It seems that Edmon Burns a 33 year old Black man was arrested early in the morning of January 30th around 6 a.m. by the Maplewood police department's white police officers who claim they had received a call of a "suspicious" person casing a convenience mart. This has since been changed to a lot of other accusations.
Somewhere "casing" might be a crime, but not here in America. It's what we call a "humbug," an exceuse to harass a citizen by the local police department. A pretty flimsy excuse but in these days Gestapo Force's do not have much wiggle room left.
Instead of taking his beating right there at the convenience store Mr. Burns speed away in his van, while attempting to flee from an illegal arrest Mr. Burns vehicle struck a police car. That pretty much did it. With the fury of unleashed bees the Maplewood police department sit out after the speeding van joined by other police department's.
Across and through the streets of St. Louis and ending up in North St. Louis the Baghdad of the America's. Mr. Burn's van was forced off the road and Mr. Burns attempted to flee carrying nothing in his hands. That was a bad enough mistake, but he compounded this mistake by running behind a vacant building and out of sight where 3 Maplewood white poicemen and one Black St. Louis City policeman caught up with him. Away went the night sticks, fists and boots flailing away at the helpless Mr. Burns lying on the ground receiving the arrest in full force.
The police were so busy inflecting the arrest that they seemed unaware of the new's coptor's overhead filming it all.
Upon becoming aware of the copter's it seemed that the policemen had inflected enough arrest on this individual.
Now the debate rises as the police department first said Mr. Burns was casing the store, then he didn't pay for gas and then he didn't stop for a traffic violation.
The police department puts one spin after another trying to get one to stick and at this time has not filed any charges against Mr. Burns. The Black organizations cry police brutality and the white citizens say it's just enforcing the law.
What one is aware of is that Racism is alive an well in St. Louis. Scratch the surface and it is Black vs White. However in this case it's more than a scratch.
It seems that race relations haven't changed very much over the years. It's still them and us. What's next?
In St. Louis and America Racism is Rampant and one of the country's major and maybe even #1 problem. Defacto Racism and Segregation are as common as they were 50 years ago as demonstrated by this latest police beathing.
Now all of the varied principles are doing and saying the same things as their predecessors did 25-50 years ago. Many don't realize that "Predudice" is not illegal. It's Segregation and discrimination that is illegal. Maybe we might consider working on the word Prejudice. It seems to me that Prejudice is our "Window of Hate" that we look through to view the world.
My dear wife Georgia and I have a new kids adventure/action novel available that we are very proud of and it makes a great read; A Sterling Plan, the book is available on Amazon.com. Also visit me at goodridgeguides.com or feel free to email me at jim@goodridgeguides.com. Thanks and Happy Hunting, Jim
It seems that Edmon Burns a 33 year old Black man was arrested early in the morning of January 30th around 6 a.m. by the Maplewood police department's white police officers who claim they had received a call of a "suspicious" person casing a convenience mart. This has since been changed to a lot of other accusations.
Somewhere "casing" might be a crime, but not here in America. It's what we call a "humbug," an exceuse to harass a citizen by the local police department. A pretty flimsy excuse but in these days Gestapo Force's do not have much wiggle room left.
Instead of taking his beating right there at the convenience store Mr. Burns speed away in his van, while attempting to flee from an illegal arrest Mr. Burns vehicle struck a police car. That pretty much did it. With the fury of unleashed bees the Maplewood police department sit out after the speeding van joined by other police department's.
Across and through the streets of St. Louis and ending up in North St. Louis the Baghdad of the America's. Mr. Burn's van was forced off the road and Mr. Burns attempted to flee carrying nothing in his hands. That was a bad enough mistake, but he compounded this mistake by running behind a vacant building and out of sight where 3 Maplewood white poicemen and one Black St. Louis City policeman caught up with him. Away went the night sticks, fists and boots flailing away at the helpless Mr. Burns lying on the ground receiving the arrest in full force.
The police were so busy inflecting the arrest that they seemed unaware of the new's coptor's overhead filming it all.
Upon becoming aware of the copter's it seemed that the policemen had inflected enough arrest on this individual.
Now the debate rises as the police department first said Mr. Burns was casing the store, then he didn't pay for gas and then he didn't stop for a traffic violation.
The police department puts one spin after another trying to get one to stick and at this time has not filed any charges against Mr. Burns. The Black organizations cry police brutality and the white citizens say it's just enforcing the law.
What one is aware of is that Racism is alive an well in St. Louis. Scratch the surface and it is Black vs White. However in this case it's more than a scratch.
It seems that race relations haven't changed very much over the years. It's still them and us. What's next?
In St. Louis and America Racism is Rampant and one of the country's major and maybe even #1 problem. Defacto Racism and Segregation are as common as they were 50 years ago as demonstrated by this latest police beathing.
Now all of the varied principles are doing and saying the same things as their predecessors did 25-50 years ago. Many don't realize that "Predudice" is not illegal. It's Segregation and discrimination that is illegal. Maybe we might consider working on the word Prejudice. It seems to me that Prejudice is our "Window of Hate" that we look through to view the world.
My dear wife Georgia and I have a new kids adventure/action novel available that we are very proud of and it makes a great read; A Sterling Plan, the book is available on Amazon.com. Also visit me at goodridgeguides.com or feel free to email me at jim@goodridgeguides.com. Thanks and Happy Hunting, Jim
posted by Jim Goodridge at 8:34 PM
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