Protester, Vandal, Looter
The situation in Ferguson and many others in prior history indicate that some clear distinctions are necessary concerning the above three categories of actions. As usual, your clear-thinking and eloquent Ostrich Killer will say some things no one else is saying but everyone else is thinking, and in the process enlighten all those who never read this blog, and amuse those of you who do read this blog. Enjoy. LMK if you have thoughts on the matter. So let's start.
PROTESTER: This sort of individual carries a sign and / or walks around chanting slogans. He / she is usually accompanied by others doing similarly. Disposition of these sorts of people: Leave them alone to protest, so long as they don't interfere with others going about their daily activities.
VANDAL: A vandal intentionally damages private and / or public property. This sort of damage may include things like spray painting, breaking windows, knocking over parking meters, etc. Often protests have a few vandals in their midst, especially if the protest is being held by liberal-thinking organizations / mobs. Disposition of vandals: arrest them and take them to trial. Following the trial the injured parties should take them to civil court to collect damages.
LOOTER: The typical looter is someone who is taking advantage of a protest or riot or other civil unrest to enrich himself by stealing merchandise. Often he / she will first vandalize a business or home, breaking in by smashing windows and doors and display cases. He / she has no interest in the protest or riot, but pretends otherwise as he / she uses them for cover as he / she staggers out of the store under the weight of that new 55" TV or that ATM they just ripped out of the wall. He / she is just a common thief and a detriment to society. The proper disposition of looters: Police should shoot them where they stand, being careful not to hit that 55" TV. If the police are unable to shoot them all (run out of ammo, for example) the property owners should shoot them. There would be no daily bag limit on looters, although there would need to be irrefutable proof of looting. Today's web-linked video security cameras would be one source of such proof. The savvy business or home owner will have such systems set up and operating, for the same reason the savvy hunter first obtains a hunting license.
There. Not only has your Ostrich Killer defined terms, he has also provided a bonus: a practical primer to police departments and business owners everywhere.
You're welcome, all of you. Now my second cup of coffee needs attention.
Ho Hum.
Headline news: Police shoot and kill a robbery suspect. The idiot suspect first assaulted, then escaped briefly, then turned and charged back at the police officer. The police officer, after suffering a serious eye injury during the assault, shot him. Reportedly more than a dozen witnesses confirm the injured officer's account of events.
But is that particularly news-worthy?
Frankly, it isn't. Happens pretty often. Shot resisting arrest after assaulting a police officer carrying out his duties. Local news, if that.
But wait! The suspect was black.
So?
The police officer was white.
Oh. Well that calls for deploying the professional race baiters (you know who they are - Jackson, Sharpton, Farrakhan, Chris Matthews and most of the liberal national media, and our attorney general Eric Holder) and the common-variety wannabe street thugs looking for any excuse to break into stores and steal merchandise and an ATM. Anyone know how much money is inside an ATM?
I thought police were supposed to shoot looters. That's the proper disposition of looters. But I guess they've delegated that responsibility to the store owners.
But back to the demise of Mr. Michael Brown. He was eighteen, and aside from his sealed juvenile record, he was arrested last November for armed robbery and assault causing serious physical injury during the robbery.
Sounds familiar. Sounds in-character.
Every day blacks die during the commission of a crime. The vast majority of them die at the hands of other blacks. According to most recent stats, for every black killed by a white policeman, 60 are killed by other blacks. Sharpton, Jackson, Farrakhan and Holder and the media are nowhere to be found following those events. But let a thug die while assaulting a non-black police officer - well, I think you can figure it out.
There's money and political capital to be made by fanning the flames of racial tensions.
Why is the color of skin so important? Why couldn't the news headline, run in a local (because the story is not important enough to make the national news) newspaper on the third page, say something like "Robbery Suspect Killed During Assault on Police Officer" and let the matter rest there? Because all evidence points to that situation being exactly what happened.
What happened to a media that reported the news, instead of inventing it?
I have the hopefully overly cynical suspicion that the media won't be satisfied until they can run a headline that reads something like "Police Officer Who Killed Michael Brown Hunted Down. He and Family Slain by Black Mob." Remembering the Tawana Brawley and Zimmerman stories and comparing them to this drags your Ostrich Killer to that cynical suspicion. The similarities are just too compelling. Why else publish the officer's name? Why else publish maps to his home?
A common variety street thug is dead. That's good for his neighborhood and society in general. I can't wait for the tox screen to come back on him. My guess is crank or PCP. And I can't wait to hear what the professional race-baiters have to say about it then. My guess is they'll keep their mouths shut.
My guess is also that both Rush and Michael Medved will speak dispassionately and logically on the matter, and be accused of racism by the race-baiters and their butt-kissing swarms of drones.
I need a second cup of coffee. Your Ostrich Killer out for now.
