Friday, September 04, 2020


Who's next?

How long will we citizens who love our country neglect to hold the media accountable for its deliberate malfeasance? Understand that I firmly support First Amendment rights. We need a FREE press, which is supposed to hold government in check. It's doing that, but only if the elected officials are Republican. Democrats apparently don't need to be held accountable because they're the good guys.

The malfeasance I'm talking about is when the media deliberately and willfully distorts a story to accomplish a political end. There's a long list of examples. Let me just start with two very recent incidents.

Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a good example. The public saw a short cellphone video of police shooting a black man in the back. End of story? Once again, evil policemen hunt down and murder an innocent black man. Get the story out there, watch the city burn, and blame President Donald Trump.

The WHOLE story is much different. From further accounts, police were responding to a call from a woman who had been sexually assaulted by Blake, and he was violating a protective order. Blake fought with the officers, had one in a chokehold, and, after being tased unsuccessfully twice, continued fighting while holding or reaching for a knife. But you didn't see that part of the incident.

Kenosha burns, minority businesses are destroyed, and people are dead. Why? Because the media had to propagate a narrative to show America that the police and, by association, Trump are racist. The destruction and deaths are acceptable collateral damage.

George Floyd is another example. The entire Black Lives Matter and antifa riots are allegedly because of his death. We saw video of Floyd on the ground saying "I can't breathe" for eight minutes. Why the officer had his knee on Floyd is unclear. But the resulting firestorm has led to dozens of deaths, over 1,500 police officers injured, and when all is said and done, billions of dollars in damage.

The country did NOT see the video of the initial confrontation and Floyd's refusal to comply, but according to reports, before he was even taken into custody, he was struggling to breathe. You probably didn't hear the results of Floyd's autopsy. Fentanyl is a deadly drug and, according to the coroner's report, Floyd had excessive amounts in his body. According to the autopsy, he was dying before the police even arrived. Unfortunately, the police officer gave the media the sound bite it needed by his stupidity. But from the autopsy, it's at least questionable whether he killed Floyd.

How long will the media be allowed to lie, distort truth, and fan the flames of outrage and hatred? It's costing innocent people their lives and destroying the economies of mostly minority communities. I guess it'll continue until the media gets Trump out of office.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This has been the "mainstream" press tactic for years. Have any of them ever reported the real story of Ferguson MO? The press hates two groups: Police and Republicans (conservatives, at least) and will never give a favorable report on either.

peedoffamerican said...

The knee in the back is the least amount of force to use in restraining a handcuffed combative person on drugs until an ambulance arrives. By lightly resting one knee between the shoulder blades, you can quickly put more pressure to keep the suspect from rising, kicking, or thrashing about which helps to control the excited delirium caused by an illicit drug that can result in death.

Otherwise, it takes a minimum of two officers using more force by one lying across the suspects legs while the other lies on the back to keep the suspect under control. And with the one lying on the suspect's back, it would place more weight on him, and could cause actual suffocation. The whole point is to keep the suspect immobile and to prevent vigorous movement which spreads the drug quicker thru his system.