Constitutional Vanguard: Other Police Shootings of “Unarmed Black Men” in 2019 from the Washington Post Database: No. 4: Jimmy Atchison, Josef Richardson, Christopher Whitfield
The message of today’s missive — Part 4 of 5 in a series on shootings of unarmed black people in 2019 — is that sometimes you just don’t know what happened. I describe three shootings where the police have one narrative, and the victim’s family has another . . . and there’s really no way to tell who’s right, at least based on what we know now.
The description is admittedly not terribly illuminating, but it’s necessary for completeness’s sake. Just so the letter is not a waste of the reader’s time, I spend some time in the newsletter summarizing what we have learned in the previous three (paid) newsletters about many of the shootings of “unarmed” black people in 2019. It’s a pretty stark reminder that “unarmed” hardly means these individuals did not pose a deadly threat. The people I discuss include: a man who armed himself with an officer’s taser and tased the officer before being shot; a man who repeatedly attacked and punched officers after being tased, nearly knocking two of them unconscious; a man who attacked a store employee, breaking the employee’s tooth, and then attacked an officer who confronted him, knocking her to the ground; and several others. The details are in the missive, which is for paid subscribers who want to have facts like this at their fingertips to refute the distortions we see every day from those who hate the police.
Next missive, I’ll round out the series with a discussion of two incidents in which officers were criminally charged. It’s always good to keep in mind that not every shooting is justified.
Pretty soon I’ll be done with this series and will move on to a new topic, although I’m sure I’ll be revisiting this topic in the future. In general, I’m here to promote liberty, free markets, and the Constitution — but an important part of that is promoting the liberty to say difficult but true things that Big Media won’t tell you about. I hope you agree that’s a worthy goal.
A key takeaway for my own life would be to avoid putting myself into play.
I don’t deal or use drugs and stay away from those I know do. Drug sales are like sending an invitation to the cops to please kick in your door at a time of their choosing. Being in a room visiting a brother or old friend from high school who deals drugs is a good way to get shot, by ripoffs or cops. Either way say “No”.
Hanging out with parolees who have committed violent crimes, or any crimes really. They have forfeited rights and being with them in a car, house, anywhere can put a clean person in play.
Plus dealers and parolees like to carry guns as part of their personal safety and intimidation package. Cops know they might encounter guns and they don’t know that I’m just there to say hello, or giving them a ride to their moms (my aunts) house. Its a good way to get caught in a cross fire.
When we take those type of responsibilities upon ourselves we have much much less of a chance at becoming the “oh shit” statistic of the day.
steveg (ebe7c1) — 5/29/2021 @ 5:46 pmThose are hard steps to take, very hard steps in certain areas. But we have to be responsible enough prioritize our own safety too, for God’s sake and the heart of your mother stay out of the field of that type of play.
Thst is a worthy goal. I would add that it isn’t just Big Media that has a narrative. Politicians won’t say “difficult but true things” either.
DRJ (03cb91) — 5/30/2021 @ 8:44 amI thinks this unarmed white? guy could have been shot
steveg (ebe7c1) — 5/30/2021 @ 5:06 pmhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CPgTDewBAxU/
Of course, not everyone agrees:
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Looking-Corpse-Political-T-Shirt-Violence/dp/B089SHKRZP
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 6/1/2021 @ 8:23 amDid you see all the dancing around, by everyone from the top down, to avoid saying “gang”, after the Miami Beach shootings? The closest I’ve heard is “rival groups”.
nk (1d9030) — 6/1/2021 @ 8:47 amI thought it was just plain ol N or NW Miami.
urbanleftbehind (a699fa) — 6/1/2021 @ 9:38 am