Police Murdered Sandra Bland

Police Murdered Sandra Bland

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/us/texas-sandra-bland-jail-death-explain/

I hold the Police responsible for murdering Sandra Bland.  Regardless of whether or not they actually choked and killed her themselves or because she supposedly hanged herself by suicide.  Fact of the matter is, it is clear that they had abused their authority and were bulling her, causing her an immense amount of emotional distress that had led her to suicide.  It’s like a bully picking on someone weak at school so much to the point that the person ends up committing suicide, the bully is at fault for this abusive treatment. 

The Police have to know where to draw the line, I mean come on, the person failed to signal while making a lane change and now the person is dead because of that!  I can understand if the person just finished robbing a bank and you want to treat the person aggressively and then the person ends up committing suicide because of your aggressive treatment.  But this person simply did not signal during a lane change! 

Even if the person is being disrespectful towards the Officer, the Officer has to know when to let it go.  The Officer should have just let her off with a warning and be on his way, but no, it hurt his ego too much to allow a black woman to disrespect him and refuse to listen to his orders.  All over failing to signal during a lane change.  I can understand, if this person is a known felon, if this person has a violent history, then yes, the Officer must make sure that his orders and directions are followed, otherwise he will impose force to make sure his orders are followed.  But this is a female that is not a felon, that did not commit any serious crime, but as an Officer, he was just bullying her, physically and mentally, to the point where emotionally she could not handle it any longer and ended up committing suicide. 

Imagine sitting in jail for 3 days after being physically abused by the Police because you failed to signal during a lane change!  She probably was so angry that she did not know who to hurt other than herself.  Killing herself was her way of saying “Fuck the Police!”  She took her life to make a strong statement.  Would the Police treat her the same way if she was a White lady driving a Mercedes?

The Police forcing her out of her car, throwing her on the ground, putting their knees against her back and arresting her, and then abusing her verbally and physically to the point of her committing suicide over a failure to signal during a lane change, is like a Police Officer pulling a gun out at me ready to shoot and kill me because I killed a mosquito!  I refuse to put my hands up upon demand and then they go ahead and shoot me, because I killed a mosquito! 

They wanted to tase her because she refused to get out of the car, I mean, really, over a failure to signal during a lane change! These Officers egos are just way too big, they don’t know what the hell they are doing.  Just like that other Officer that pulled his gun out during the teenager pool party.  I mean really, you feel so threatened for your life from a bunch of young teenagers that you feel the need to pull your gun out and then drag a little teenage girl to the ground.  I guess when it comes to black people, the Police are just always on high alert, ready to shoot, ready to kill.  And then we have those Officers that shot and killed a Hispanic man standing in front of his bicycle with his friends.  He dropped his hands on a few occasions and that cost him his life.  I mean really, you can’t find another way to gain control of someone other than to kill him?  The Officers could have easily tased him or even pepper sprayed him or even used a baton on him but no, they just shot and killed him, like his life was nothing, like killing a dog that won’t stop barking. It’s very disappointing to see this sort of Police corruption, it’s really sad.

Man Shoots and Kills Officer Wearing Body Camera

Man Shoots and Kills Officer Wearing Body Camera

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/01/16/newday-cuomo-officer-bodycam-fatal-shooting.cnn

This is a very sad video to see.  This is how quick your life can end as an Officer.  This video explains why Officers will treat you like shit when they encounter you.  They are in constant fear for their lives.  Especially in Arizona, concealed carry is very common and in Chicago, it’s the #1 murder capital of the nation.  Officers are always on guard.  Anything can happen at any moment and now your life is gone.  People are very quick to judge Officers on why they are so trigger happy and always on guard, this video explains why.

This is actually an incident of white on white crime.  Race is not a factor in this incident.  It was not a minority who killed this Officer, it was another white man.  This Officer was treating the suspect very calmly and professionally.  This Officer was treating the suspect with great respect.  This Officer was very trusting of the suspect.  This Officer you can tell was a good guy, he didn’t want to violate this person’s rights.  This Officer was very trusting, and the outcome is that it cost him his life.  Now you wonder, if the suspect was a black man, would have this Officer been on more of a guard? 

Would this Officer have treated the suspect differently?  Would this Officer be in fear of his life as soon as he encountered this black suspect?  You don’t know how this Officer would have treated the black suspect.  Would the public have labeled this white Officer a racist for treating the Black suspect with great caution and suspicion?  Did this Officer feel at ease with this White suspect because this suspect was white and did not look like a violent criminal? 

This indicates why white Officers may treat minority suspects the way they do and why they may appear to be racist, because they truly are in fear of their lives, they are in fear that this incident could happen to them any day of the week.  I deeply understand this fear, but what I say is that if they have this fear with minority suspects, they better have this same fear with ALL suspects, including the white suspects, as this video indicates, it was another white man who took the life of this white Officer, it was not a minority who took the life of this Officer. 

This video should open the eyes of all Officers to be on guard with all suspects, no matter what skin color.  I see that there would be much less criticisms coming from civilians accusing Officers of racism, police brutality, and racial profiling if you would actually see White Officers treating other white men and women with great suspicion and aggressiveness.  If you have a group of white Officers that beat down another white man the way they beat Rodney King down, that would at least indicate that their fear has nothing to do with the suspects race but their fear is genuine fear of the entire public at large.  They must be on guard against everyone, not just the minorities.  I see that this video indicates how comfortable and courteous white Officers will be towards white suspects, and in this case, the white suspect exploited this opportunity to take the Officers life away. 

Several things could be learned from this video as valuable lessons for all Officers.  First, whenever you deal with anybody, especially when it comes to domestic disturbances, always have a backup Officer with you before you approach the suspect.  Never allow the suspect to leave your field of vision.  If the suspect is going to his bedroom to get something, you follow the suspect, you don’t allow the suspect to get what he needs to get himself, you tell the suspect to stay where he is while you get it for him after you put him in handcuffs. 

Be aware of others in the household that may possibly grab a gun and shoot you as well.  Never let the suspects put their hands in their pockets no matter how cold it is, you always need to see where their hands are at all times, never let them reach into their pockets.  Once you have decided that you will be arresting this person, make sure your backup is there.  Once you notify this person that he is under arrest, you should immediately expect that there may be a struggle, the suspect may run, he may shoot, he may attack you. 

Before you tell this person that he is under arrest, you need to see his hands.  If he keeps having his hands in his pockets, then in this specific situation, the Officer should have backed away drew his gun, pointed it at the suspect and told the suspect to remove his hands from his pockets.  If the suspect would have drew his firearm at that moment then the Officer would have had a much better chance of survival.  If the suspect takes his hand out of his pocket with no weapons in his hands, then the Officer should tell the suspect to turn around with this hands up, now the secondary officer is supposed to keep the gun pointed at the suspect while the primary Officer goes in to cuff the suspect and then proceed to search the suspect for weapons. 

There is absolutely no need to ask the suspect if he has any weapons, the suspect is not going to tell you anyway.  In addition, asking this suspect if he has weapons already places the suspect on guard.  Once an Officer decides to arrest a suspect, he must immediately get the suspect cuffed as soon as possible, then he should search the suspect for weapons.  The mistake this Officer made was that he never told this suspect he was under arrest, he just asked him if he had any weapons and then he started to pat the suspect without being in a position of control.  In all cases, when you plan to arrest an individual, anytime an individual has his hands in his pockets, you must assume it is a firearm, you must respond accordingly. 

All the advice given is easier said than done.  It is much easier to see the mistakes after the fact.  But the reality is that Officers deal with suspects thousands of times.  You might deal with 5000 suspects and nothing happens, and you end up taking your safety for granted, and then that one time you were not aware, your life is over.  This new body camera technology allows for all Officers to learn from the incident as if it has happened to them, but difference is, they have a 2^nd chance in life.  It is like getting killed in a video game, now you are revived and now it is your chance to do it right the next time around.  This video can save the lives of thousands of Officers, to take better precaution when dealing with all suspects, no matter the race.  This video also shows the reality of an Officers line of work and how difficult and dangerous his job really is, it shows the other side of the fence that you are not really used to seeing.  Also, deeply realize that this sort of survival training is extremely different that what you see in combat sport.  This is the sort of street survival training that not just Officers, but real Martial Artists need to be prepared for.

2 NYPD Officers Executed

2 NYPD Officers Executed

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/20/new-york-city-police-officers-shot/20698679/

This is an example of the real violence of this world.  This is not MMA McDonald’s Martial Arts “As Real As It Gets”, this is not BJJ “Blow Job Jujitsu” homosexual ground fighting.  This is not a one on one fair fight with rules, with a referee standing by, with gloves, mouth guards, groin protection, and a bunch of screaming fans that is nationally televised with play by play commentary. 

This is real life, there is no Full HD quality videos showing every angle in high definition of what exactly occurred.  All there is, is a story of what happened.  There are pictures of the dead bodies, there is terror, there is pain, there is suffering.  This is the real violence of the streets, this is not a movie, this is not for entertainment, this is real life.  Real violence is never good. 

Al Sharpton made some comment saying that it should never be an eye for an eye, but isn’t that what America stands for?  What did we do to the Japanese during World War 2?  What I have read is that Japan messed America up by killing about 2,400 soldiers in Pearl Harbor.  America responded back by dropping 2 atom bombs killing women, children, and everybody, no matter if they were soldiers or not, they killed at least over 129,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  America stands for revenge, not just any revenge but a barbarous revenge.  I am not surprised about what happened. 

Look at all the movies that are produced in Hollywood.  Every single action movie is about revenge.  An eye for an eye.  You kill my family, now I’m going to kill yours.  There are no movies that you will see where they will teach, you kill my family, ok, I forgive you, I will move on and forget it ever even happened. 

I feel bad for the Officers, I used to be an Officer myself, they had nothing to do with the death of Eric Garner or Mike Brown, they were just executed because of the poor decisions that were made by individuals who were representing their brotherhood.  It would have made more sense if the killer actually killed the Officer that actually placed the choke hold on Eric Garner or the Officer who actually shot and killed Mike Brown, but no, the killer just killed 2 random NYPD officers just because they were wearing the uniform. 

That’s like an Officer that goes and kills 2 random black men because a black man killed his family member days ago.  Violence against violence, one group versus another group, this is what we call war.  This is what competition is.  This is what sport teams are.  Team A (Cops) vs. Team B (Civilians).  Will there ever be a day where we will stop competition?  Will there ever be a day where there will never be sports?  Will there ever be a day where there will be no government?  Will there ever be a day where there will be no Police?  Will there ever be a day where there will be no nations?  Will there ever be a day where there will be no such thing as race and nationality? 

I don’t think that day will ever come; it can never come on a mass scale.  That understanding can only come on an individual level.  It is an individual understanding.  If every single civilian is armed and dangerous, then the police will have no choice but to respect the civilians and be careful with their execution of authority.  If that Officer would have handled the situation better without resulting in excessive force on Eric Garner, these two Officers would probably still be alive.  If that Officer did not just shoot down Mike Brown and instead just tased him or sprayed him with mace, then these two Officers would probably still be alive. 

Excessive force in the cage and excessive force on the streets which was demonstrated by these Officers is something that I do not promote.  Excessive force by this murderer is not something that I promote.  But I understand why this happened.  This person is acting out what he has been taught by mass media all his life.  Mass media, has always taught us to seek revenge anytime there is wrong doing.  Pay close attention to all these action movies that are produced.  Nearly all the movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, is teaching the people to seek revenge.  When someone kills your loved one, you better kill that someone and then some more. 

This is all wrong, I don’t blame the killer of the Officer, I blame the entire society and what it stands for, I blame America and what it represents.  Look at history and look at what America has done to these other countries.  Look at how minorities are treated here in America.  Look at these films like “Horrible Bosses 2” and pay attention to the strong racism displayed in the movie against the Koreans, Hispanics, and Blacks.  America promotes war, America promotes racism, and you expect for things like this not to happen?  America needs to change, we as people that live in America, need to change. 

ERIC GARNER & MIKE BROWN PROTESTS

ERIC GARNER & MIKE BROWN PROTESTS

It’s a beautiful thing to see people coming together of all races and genders to protest Police Corruption and Racism.  Even though the Officers did not get convicted, these protests are having a dramatic effect on Police Departments across the nation.  These victims of Police corruption were black.  The protests were a result of these injustices caused on blacks for not just these few incidents but for all these decades that blacks have been mistreated here in America by the justice system, it is karma coming back at the justice system.  I support these protests wholeheartedly.  But one thing I know for certain is that if these victims were not Black, if they were Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and even Caucasian, the public wouldn’t give a damn, but that is wrong, because regardless of the race of the victims, Police corruption is still wrong and it needs to be stopped.