Friday, December 15, 2006

Good Morning Black Lower-Income America: NYPD catches another body

"When they hear them gunshots all the black folk go craaaazy/The black folk go craaaazy"...And Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson stop formulating ill-conceived political plans and get their panties all in a bunch.
New York City's Police Department sure is on a roll. At the rate law enforcement in NYC is catching body's I should invest in bodybags and be thankful that the volunteer firefighters don't carry guns (and the meter maids too). But now that I think about it, since the population of NY is so dense, their per capita rate of police shooting people is probably about the same as most other major cities. They do have one helluva track record though. But let me get back on topic...



First they unload on Mr. Sean Bell (rest in peace). Now they (sort of) unload on a 19-year old. I guess these guys make up for a lack of aim by firing multiple shots.
" According to the Associated Press, 19 year-old Timur Person was standing with a group of men on Walton Avenue in the Bronx around 8 p.m. when four officers in a marked vehicle approached them. While the others escaped, Person was chased into the lobby, where he tussled with the police before he was shot...Hector Suarez, who witnessed the shooting, claims that he heard police tell Person to let go of his weapon, and Person responded, 'I'm giving you the gun,' prior to being shot... Witnesses reported that at least one officer shot Person at close range...He stood over his head and he just looked down at him and he just shot four times, one, two, three, four,..."
At first read, it sounds like some sort of execution style murder, doesn't it? Well, I'm one who is reluctant to believe the first version I hear of these huge news stories so I won't formulate my personal conclusion just yet. But I will say this. When you are on the block with your boys and you have a gun on you, you're increasing your chances of:
  1. getting locked up
  2. shooting someone
  3. being shot at by someone (including the po-po's)
  4. pulling a Cheddar Bob and shooting yourself
While the police shouldn't be dumping off into negros like they're at a shooting range, everybody knows you shouldn't be tussling with 'dem boyz when you have a pistol on you. Just drop the gun and get on your knees (no Monica Lewinsky), it might just save your life!

Morals of the story:
  1. Guns look cool on TV, but in real life they're just not where it's at
  2. Stay off the block, get on the Internet (I bet you can't do it like me though...No Johnnycakes)

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