It's the family, stupid

This morning I grabbed my first cup of coffee early,  got in my favorite chair, and turned on the news. What I saw was the rioting, looting, and burning in the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The developing story was a 23-year old Black man, Sylville Smith, was running from police with a stolen firearm in easy view of the officer. The unfolding story further said the officer shouted to the 23-yr . old to stop and drop his weapon.  The man refused, and the officer, fearing for his life and the lives of others, fired his weapon at the man, killing him.

In retaliation Black youths took to the streets of Milwaukee looting, setting property and autos on fire. It was horrifying to watch. The Black thugs considered it justified for the killing of their 23-yr. old "brother". Of course what ABC, CBS NBC won't report is that Mr. Smith was a career criminal at 23. His rap sheet includes drug possessions, armed robbery, witness tampering, violence and a host of other crimes, but you won't hear this on ABC, CBS, NBC.

Then, the pundits, experts, journalists, news anchors took to the microphones to give their reasons and solutions for the uprising on the streets of Milwaukee. First, some said the man with the stolen gun should have stopped and dropped the gun, showing he was obeying the law. Of course the media blamed everything and everybody except the Black thug evil criminal.

But many others, mostly from ABC, CBS, and NBC, along with Black Lives Matter supporters
argued that poor economic conditions, police brutality, and an uncaring community are at fault for this type of killing.  No one, not anyone, addressed the true problem in this killing. 

Just imagine if this 23-year old had been raised in a caring, loving family that taught him respct of others and respect of the law, and maybe more importantly, self-respect.  Just imagine if the parents of this 23-year old had, through loving discipline, demanded that he did the simple things like staying school, and doing school assignments. His sister or cousin got in front of a mic and screamed that men/wimen in Blue were violent killers of all Blacks.

Yes, of course these are simple enough tasks and responsibilities, but maybe the parents of this 23-year old never disciplinded themselves to the tasks of parenthood. Maybe these parents didn't live by the famous saying, "proper parenthood is the toughest, but most rewarding job in the world".  Mr. Smith's own father admitted, "even though I was in and out of prison while he was growing up, I did the best I could". Really? You want us to accept you're a good parent? 

Everyone has so many "after the fact" opinions, but I'd like to know what began 23 years ago with this young man that led to yesterday. What led this man to live a life of crime? Why does the blame rest solely at the feet of racial inequality, the economy, the ghetto, or the worst blame; "Whitey".

There have now been two days of looting, arson, lawlessness on the streets of Milwaukee, with Black Lives Matter claiming moreviolence against "whitey" and officers in Blue  is to come. 
Someone tell me what good will come of all this mayhem on the streets of Milwaukee?  What are Black Lives Matter hoping to accomplish by burning the very businesses that thrive to make Milwaukee great. These businesses pay taxes to help Milwaukee, and now they're destroyed thanks to evil black thugs led by BLM.

The deceased criminal, Sylville Smith, was video-taped on the African-American officer's body-cam showing Mr. Smith was shot in the chest,also revealing he had a weapon, with 17 rounds in it, and turned to face the officer with gun in hand. Preliminary investigation shows the shooting was within lawful police parameters. But, of course you will never hear about this on ABC, CBS or NBC.

Another bit of reporting you won't hear from the main stream media is that while the mayhem was occuring on the streets of Milwaukee, two officers, yes men in Blue , were mercilessly gunned down by evil black thugs. No, you can bet the major networks will never report this.

And that'sPolitics with Pete for today...God bless America, our troops, and officers in Blue
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