X-Chairman's Corner Week of July 20

Home Grown Terrorists

2nd of a series of articles on results of resisting arrest.

Home-grown TERRORISTS?

Last week, I indicated that some of the national Black Leaders were terrorists on the same order as Bin Laden and Arafat. What I was suggesting, was that people anywhere who apologize for unnecessarily violent responses, even to sometimes seemingly violent incidents, probably are not doing the idea of a global civil society any good. So long as non-violent political activity is available, it is basically terroristic for activists to press for violent responses. And in the long run, it is often counter-productive. It is difficult to see how the Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel proper have helped move the poor, almost broken peace process forward. It is just as difficult to see how black activists have helped bring about a more civil society in America by their haranguing around the Donovan Jackson case. What the Jackson case represents for many such activists, is a continuation of the Rodney King case, where their efforts ultimately contributed to one of the worst American riots of the 20th century.

As you read this, you should understand that I wasn't there at the supposed mistreatment of 16 year-old Donovan Jackson. You weren't either. This article was based upon research of different media just as you might base your opinion on the same. This research indicates that the presumed father of Mr. Jackson, Cobis Chavis, was driving with an expired license. Two Los Angeles sheriff's deputies saw the "out of date tag" and attempted to ticket Mr. Chavis. They had no interest in the 16-year-old. He was in the service station. When he came out, apparently he attacked the officers. Three Inglewood policemen came on a back-up call. Now how can this be racial profiling. Remember Inglewood is about 50 percent black with a black Mayor, a black police chief, and 80% black city council.

The tape looks bad but sometimes you should look beyond the tape, to the context in which average police have to conduct their day to day lives on the street and to the relatively often deaths of police in the line of duty. This is absolutely not meant to be seen as an apology for police misconduct, but only to ask how an average person in a police officer’s shoes might react in a given situation.

FBI reports suggest that black males aged 16 to 35 are responsible for the majority of real law violations. The officer said that he hit Jackson because Jackson had caught him by his testicles. We don't know this just as certain as we don't know that he didn't. It certainly looks as if he was in the position to do so. If anyone wishes to place themselves in the position of these officers trying to enforce the law and genuinely try to understand why one might have been provoked to go over the edge. They should look up the "Tribute to men who died," on the Internet. This is a tribute to officers killed in the line of duty in similar arrests.

"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and hardships of the Negro race before the public, having learned that they are able to make a living of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their job." This is not my quote. It is attributed to Booker T. Washington, one of the greatest scientists in American history. Another major black writer of the 1800s, W.E.B. DuBois, made similar statements in his book, The Philadelphia Negro. DuBois referred to a ‘submerged tenth’ in reference to the relatively large amount of crime in some parts of the black areas of Philadelphia. This ‘submerged tenth’ was described by DuBois as a cultural holdover from the days of slavery and the type of resistance necessary to survive that harsh period.

After seeing the film. Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn, Maxine Waters, Julian Bond, NAACP's Kwase Mfume, Jesse Jackson, and civil right activist Leo Terrell; turned out in force. To some degree or another, the rhetoric of these persons are contributing to a condition of anarchy.

They claim that they favor a distribution of resources. Lavish government aid to them following riots satisfy that craving. Leo Terrell was on national TV, he was almost rabid in his denouncing of whites in this case. He was screaming "racial profiling." These people can be seen as being as terroristic as Bin Laden and Arafat. By their irresponsible actions they are not only a threat to lives of other citizens, they threaten Democracy itself. These people create a steady stream of vilification of government, and call for riots to rectify their views of the economic unfairness of the society, but hardly ever make a suggestion as to how to make real improvements to the society.

This present situation could easily be played out just as the Rodney King case was. Riots broke out in Los Angeles which took the lives of fifty-five people, caused 2,000 injuries, destroyed 10,000 businesses and damaged property valued in excess of 1 billion dollars. None of these victims were in any way responsible for what happened to Rodney King. Mr. King could easily be seen as having brought his treatment upon himself by resisting arrest. This riot can be seen as terrorism, just as much so as a Palestinian citizen killing an innocent Jewish citizen in Jerusalem today.

The riots were triggered because a legal jury found that law enforcement officers were justified in their treatment of King. You wonder, after seeing the continual hitting of King, how they could come to that conclusion. It was fairly easy. The defense showed that the news outlets had censored the first 30 seconds of the tape which showed King attacking the officers and later had altered the tape to make it appear that King was hit more than he was. (It's a technique call spooling. They rerun segments of the tape several times which gives the apparent of longer sequences."

Two things could have prevented the riot. The above mentioned activist-terrorists could have not fanned hate into action. Also if Rodney King had submitted to arrest, he likely would have never been hit.

Police make mistakes just as often as other people in the civil society. Where they make mistakes, something should be done, but to just constantly vilify them after they react violently to a violent situation, does little to restore any semblance of civility to the situation. In worst case scenarios, after a while the police may simply become cynical and tend to ignore black-on-black crime, allowing black areas to become criminal havens, where the majority of citizens have little protection.

Ken Hamblin, black talk show host, was asked by a call in listener, "what would do if the man pulled you over." Good question said Hamblin, You want to see my license? I have one here it is. You want to know if I have insurance? Here is my proof of insurance. You want to know if this car is stolen? His is my title. You want to search the car? Go ahead, I am not hauling anything illegal. If the officer was disrespectful, I would have gotten his badge number and reported him to the proper authorities. If this approach, had it been followed by those who resist arrest, riots might not have occurred in any city.

These lawless individuals seem to believe that they can attack law enforcement officers and not expect a response. Sometimes life "just ain't that way", but the activist’s actions indicate that they do not want violence against the law answered by a response against the law breaker. These lawless individuals from DuBois’s ‘submerged tenth’ and their defenders who inflame the communities are becoming home grown terrorists of the United States. This series will detail recent riots and the events causing them. Coming later.

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