So, this story ran today and kept getting referred back to all day.
Thing is, it pisses me off.
Sure, no one should be shot while on the job. That’s a given. And no, the story does not gloss over the fact that there is no trend, just a statistical anomaly for the year. It stinks, it shouldn’t be happening.
All said, you know what else shouldn’t be said? An executive director for a sheriff’s association is quoted in the story that basically this is all Black Lives Matters fault.
No, really.
In a story about police being shot in rural communities, he wants to blame the folks living in the big city.
They can’t hide it. Ever.
The whole of the story is that we have a subset of the population in rural communities that think it is fine to pop a cop these days. But the police won’t blame the folks in the Oaf Keepers with them. Or the Klan. Or their white supremacist church. Nah, go blame the Other. As usual.
Category Archives: Society
Fetterman ‘can’t believe’ Marshall resolution on school lunch ‘is even real’
Imagine saying – out loud – that you want to be able to starve a child because you don’t like that they have the ability to define their own selves. Now imagine that person being a United States Senator. Shameful.
The bittersweet reality behind chocolate
Even our simple pleasures mean a lot of work for somebody. And often, that work goes unrewarded.
The Congresswoman Whose Husband Called Her Home : It’s All Politics : NPR
Back in the day, Democrats hated women about as bad as Republicans do today.
More of the unknown history of our newly adopted state.
A Strangely Beautiful Map of Race in America – Emily Badger – The Atlantic Cities
Do not believe your television set. This nation is way more diverse – and distributed – than folks would like you to believee. Yes, we congregate amongst our own, but we do it all across the board.
The Best Of Code Switch In 2013 : Code Switch : NPR
A little bit of everything under the sun concerning race in America last year.
I found Code Switch only a few months ago and am enjoying their work.
Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics) | Bored Panda
I may have posted this before. I don’t care, it still is haunting and somewhat sad that we may lose some of these cultures in the name of progress.
A rare insight into Kowloon Walled City | Mail Online
Amazing images of a place where someone once thought it necessary to cram people together so tightly.
House Rules | This American Life
This is sobering. We deserve a country better than this.
Fan death: Korean moms think that your electric fan will kill you. – Slate Magazine
An entertaining, enlightening, and bizarre look at cultural legends. Enjoy.