Some Race Activists Are Harming Their Own Cause

David Limbaugh

"The black-on-black violence in Baltimore and other cities is running rampant, yet all the activists want to talk about is racism — systemic or individual — and they refuse to demand accountability from the perpetrators of the violence."

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There was a mostly minority-on-minority bloodbath in Baltimore over the Memorial Day weekend, with 26 people shot and nine dead, and the main reaction we hear from the left is “racism.”How do perpetual race activists ever expect to be viewed as credible when they react to every incident, irrespective of the facts, as racially motivated?

 Take Ferguson, Missouri, for example. Though a grand jury refused to return a criminal indictment against police Officer Darren Wilson in connection with what authorities concluded was his legally justifiable shooting of Michael Brown, racial activists continue to cite the tragedy as if it supports their case against racially motivated police misconduct. But is it honest for these activists to chant “hands up, don’t shoot” concerning this case?

Likewise, objective observers surely can’t help but notice the race-soaked atmosphere surrounding the prosecution of six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. In her public announcement of the charges against these officers, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby sounded more like a political activist than an officer of the court.Rather than pledge her commitment to pursuing justice for all, she pointedly told the young black people in her city that she was seeking justice for them.

More recently, we read that Mosby favorited a tweet calling the Baltimore police officers she is prosecuting “thugs,” though she has claimed that her Twitter account was hacked and she didn’t do it. No matter what her feelings about race, no matter what her background and experiences, no matter what the actual facts of the case are, she has a duty to seek justice for all the people she represents and for the legal system, not just certain groups.

Sadly, some people insist on viewing all incidents of black-on-black violence in the inner cities — or of blacks being injured or killed in encounters with police — through a racial prism, irrespective of the particular facts and circumstances involved and which individuals were actually responsible. It’s a pattern of dehumanizing human beings, especially blacks, as it implies they are always victims, either of institutional racism or of specific racially driven mistreatment at the hands of certain cops.

Just as with Ferguson, the facts in Baltimore don’t seem to matter to those thirsting for “justice” against cops. The state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore are run by liberal politicians, and the city has received a disproportionate share of federal monies. It has minorities on the City Council, a black mayor and a black prosecutor. Almost 50 percent of Baltimore police officers are black, and three of the six cops involved and charged in the Gray case are black.
But none of that matters because the “cops are racist” and “institutional racism” templates must prevail, even before all the facts have come out.

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Last edited by Common Sense (5/29/2015 2:44 pm)