Richard O. Jones writes: “I often wonder why African American activists and concerned community members rush to rally against the police department oÂn a regular basis at the slightest hint of impropriety but are conspicuously absent in the confrontation against criminals, except for sex offenders that is.”
During the brief time I spent working with undercover detectives and FBI agents who investigated gang activity, their #1 complaint was the refusal of witnesses to come forward. (The #2 complaint was being cursed out by people who didn’t think crimes were being solved quickly enough. Hard to do with unwilling witnesses.)
Granted, gang thugs are known to kill witnesses; in fact, certain members seemed to be “in charge” of killing people who saw murders being committed. Who wants to tell the cops what they know only to see the perp walk and themselves staring into the barrel of a gun, the last sight they’ll ever see?
It’s so bad out there that witnesses and informants didn’t want to be seen entering and exiting the U.S. Attorneys Office, the “snitch” building, a phrase used by the thugs who intimidate and the people they terrorize. Yet, racism is the biggest problem in the “black community,” right?
Jones points out that there’s no shortage of community action against the police. At the slightest hint of so-called police brutality, the Jacksons, Sharptons, and their flunkies are summoned from wherever they hibernate during slow news cycles. He also mentions a few un-PC things about poor parenting, which is also a menace to society.
