Murderous Cops

I am 100% sympathetic to the indignities upon black Americas particularly black men at the hands of police. Because of some bad actors they are all lumped together and treated as potential criminals.


However, time will come, and soon I hope, when black Americans will stop trying to make martyrs of every shooting victim and start laying the blame where it belongs: the victim. Ninety percent of those shot were resisting arrest in some form. In the police’s mind, “Will I go home alive today?” runs through their brain. I doubt very much that they purposely go looking for a black man to gun down.


On the other hand, there have been instances where the police did act recklessly. The no knock warrant is a good example; especially true when they have the wrong address. How many fatal shootings would have been avoided if the police had issued a warning, they were serving a warrant?

The woman who was fatally shot is an example of the no knock warrant. The boy friend didn’t help by firing a shot through the window thinking it was an intruder he heard. The police responded the only way they could.

All this nonsense of defunding the police is just that: nonsense. The police do need some better training and better psychological testing. Some cops are just thugs with a badge and should never have been allowed near the public. 


My mantra is: Respect the gun. Police have a job few of us would take. Good or bad they deserve our respect.


Someone reading this might say, “You’d think differently if it were you.” Well, I have been there.


A few years ago, I was stopped by a Grand Prairie policeman. It was around 4:00am and I was on my way to work. He asked for some id and I handed him my driver’s license. My co-worker didn’t have any id and gave a phony name. he was immediately hand cuffed and put in the patrol car. He then told me he was going to handcuff me while he ran a search on my co-worker. It could have gone very bad very quickly but I said ok. A little later he uncuffed me and let me go. My co-worker went to jail.


On another occasion a black man was thrown and roughly treated because the police were looking for a white guy that had just committed a robbery. Now, that was an act of overzealously. How can you confuse a black man when you are supposing to be looking for a white guy?

A few years ago, I was stopped by two Pantego motorcycle cops. Now, Pantego is a hick town surrounded by Arlington Texas. I guess they didn’t want to be annexed and Arlington just grew around them. 


I was driving a wrecked car from a repair shop back to my house. I don’t remember but maybe something was dragging. Anyhow, the trainee cop told me I could drive that car in that condition on the street. The other cop was a few feet away with his hand on his firearm. I felt like asking the young cop, “If I were a white woman would your partner have his hand on his gun also?” but, I wisely kept my thoughts to myself.


I was working for a security firm at the time so I told my supervisor my experience. He had been a Dallas policeman. He proceeded to tell me that the guys that washout of the Dallas PD wind up joining the smaller police forces. He also said these are the guys that are just looking for an excuse to use their firearm. Lucky me.


I also once worked with a guy who was wanting to be a policeman. He was really gung-ho and I just knew if he ever made it into a police force, he would be killed or kill someone.


My advice when stopped by the police: keep you hands on the steering while and always announce your movements.

Finally check out Chris Rock on YouTube. Look for the clip “How not to get your ass kicked by the police”. Funny but good advice.

MADD MEXX

Black Cop, White Cop

Black Cop, White Cop

I hate surveys.

A few days ago “the news" reported a survey that said 47% of the respondents said the Ferguson PD should more representative of the population it serves.

Hell, I’m an infidel but if you were to ask me “Should everyone receive $100.00 for Christmas?” my response would be “Hell, yea.”

Now the trouble with surveys is that they make it easy for a gut response with no room for an answer other than yes or a no.

I have yet to see a survey where the respondents would have to do some thinking. For example, “How can the city of Ferguson have a more representative police department?” No, it wouldn’t be “Hire more blacks.”

The problem is blacks don’t grow up saying “I want to be a policeman when I grow up.” I don’t know this for a fact, but I believe those men and women that do go into law enforcement picked up that motivation in the military.

Then, there is the preselection that goes into the mix. Some jurisdictions require a minimum number of college hours. Now, a few years ago, Miami decided it needed more Cubans on the police department and under citizen pressure relaxed their standards with horrific results. Many turned out to be nothing more than common criminals with a badge and a gun.

Many blacks that could be good police officers won’t go into law enforcement because even though blacks may say they would like to see more black officers will turn on them and call them all kinds of names when they come up on the wrong side of the law. It thuf work trying to be a good policeman; it’s even harder if the policeman is black.

If blacks want to see fewer of their people die shot by police they need to learn respect for the police. They need to stop making excuses for the dead beats and stop projecting them as martyrs and using language like execution and murder.

Way too much of America needs a reality check. Real police work is not the sanitized version projected by Hollywood. Police are not like Shemar Moore talking perps into giving up their guns. A policeman’s job, black or white, is to get home to their families at the end of their shift.

And, believe or not, 95% of policemen have NEVER had their gun out of their holster other than to qualify maybe once a year. So, when a man or woman has to draw his/her weapon for the first time the adrenalin is running high. They may empty their weapon and have one or two hits. And, forget about shooting to wound; a suspect can close a 20 foot gap in mere seconds so he/she must keep shooting until the treat stops.

Some moron reporter was asking “Why can’t the police just back away?” Sure, and lose control of the situation?

I am not naïve. I know there are cops that believe they are John Wayne. Luckily, they are in the minority and other cops will report them to internal affairs. That should be reason enough to not get smart elecy with the police because you never know when it’s your misfortune to be stopped by a ticking time bomb. You never know what will set one of these people off. Better to make it home alive than to risk bodily injury or worse, death.

This is especially true in a hick town like Ferguson. I once worked with a black man that had be with the Dallas PD. I was relating to him about a police stop in a hick town. The young fellow giving me the citation was very curious but his partner was standing in front of my vehicle with his hand on his weapon. I started to ask him, “Would you be standing there with your hand on you gun if I were a white woman?” My better judgment prevailed.

But my co-worker told me these are the guys that could not make it in the Dallas PD. They are looking for something to happen: the John Wayne syndrome?

As I’ve stated on other posts, most policemen are alright people trying to do a job we wouldn’t dare attempt. We need to stop jumping on the bandwagon right away when thing goes terribly wrong. We are not in the 60s when the police were thugs with badges. Thugs eventually get fired or wind up in prison.

MADD MEXX

Deadly Force

I am amazed at the flack police get whenever they have to resort to deadly force.

Now, with every TV news department having a facebook page, anyone can be a commentator. “He should have used his tazer.” “He should have shot him in the leg.” “He could have subdued him.” Yada, yada, yada.

And, TV dramas leave the impression that the police can talk down anyone with a gun in his hand. The public is so dumb they can’t distinguish TV drama from reality. An actor gets to come back next week to battle the forces of evil. A cop may only have one chance to save himself and any public that may be in danger from some deranged person.

The very same people that call the police when some situation may have gotten out of hand generally seem to be the first to turn on the police if deadly force is used to defuse the situation.

It’s easy to quarter back a situation from the comfort of our home and on the testimony of some witness. How many innocent persons are now in prison because some witness testified that he saw a defendant commit a crime?

I personally don’t get emotional because I wasn’t there and witnesses are notoriously wrong most of the time. What is totally lacking in our times is a dose of skepticism. We have a news media giving too much credence to witnesses and a rush to judgment before all the facts are in.

We have all kinds of counseling for the victims. But, what about the cop? Will he be able to walk away alive the next time he finds himself in the same situation?