Given how much the media had moved on from the story, I was going to forego comment on former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent observation that any African-American who could not decide whether to vote for him or President Donald J. Trump in the upcoming election “ain’t black.”
What’s happened over the last few days in Minneapolis has made me rethink my decision.
George Floyd died Monday while in the custody of the Minneapolis police. As shown in videos taken of the incident, he was handcuffed in the prone position and in no apparent way resisting arrest. Yet he continued to be restrained by Office Derek Chauvin, using the hopefully unusual technique of placing his knee on the man’s neck and applying pressure.
Floyd’s death – some are calling it murder – has Minneapolis up in arms and flames. Footage of the looting of a Target store and the burning to the ground of a Wendy’s and an AutoZone are all over social media. Chauvin and three other officers who stood by and watched as Floyd insisted repeatedly he could not breathe with the officer’s knee on his neck have been let go from the force and are under investigation by local and federal authorities.
They are, of course, entitled to due process which they, unlike Mr. Floyd, must get if only to prove those of us who adhere to the standards of equal justice under the law are better than those formerly uniformed thugs who appear to have used their power to take the life of a fellow American.
All of this has put race relations once again at the front and center of the national conversation. I am not willing to accept the argument that America’s police are fighting an undeclared war against the black community, an idea that underpins the Black Lives Matter movement, but I do agree with them that cops are all too quick to use and overuse force in situations that could be handled better if in certain situations the police showed as much respect to the people they were confronting as they expect to be shown.
What does all this have to do with Biden? Plenty. His lapse into slang, his use of the word “ain’t” was most likely meant as an expression of his connection to the black community.
Thank you very much for that. It would not be wrong to see it as a condescending expression of your opinion about African Americans who, you seem to think, do not, as a rule, use proper English. That’s right up there with what you had to say about people who operate 7-11s and other doozies you’ve uttered over the years that suggest you have very little respect for people outside your socioeconomic cohort.
It wasn’t but a couple of days before President Trump and Attorney General William Barr threw the considerable weight and power of the U.S. Department of Justice behind the investigation into what happened to George Floyd. This is as it should be. The apparent flagrant abuse of his power by one Minneapolis police officer and the inaction of three of his colleagues is something that should concern us all, no matter to whatever racial and ethnic group the victim might belong to. How long it would take for a President Biden to activate the appropriate federal agencies in a case like this is a fair question.
Biden’s “You ain’t black” was all too easily dismissed as a harmless joke by people who scrutinize every jot and tittle of every Trump speech, remark, and Tweet. It was not harmless. It was debasing, inappropriate, and uncalled for – especially from a man who calls himself a defender of civil rights and a friend to the nation’s minority communities. The disparity in coverage reveals a double standard on race that helps no one and does nothing to heal the divides that keep us from being truly one nation.
Someone, I think it was BET founder Robert Johnson said the former vice president need to apologize for what he’d said to every black person he met on the campaign trail until the end of the election. There’s merit to that suggestion since, as we’ve seen throughout the campaign, he holds himself up so often as being “better” than Donald Trump. For all intents and purposes, in a just world, he’s not – and he’s been telling us that over and over throughout his political career.
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That is for sure the case. But in Biden’s case, neither words or actions are good. He feels up children and women. And he likes to say things like, “this is a big f***in deal”. And “just stick a shogun out the window and shoot into the air.”.
Then his actions: Forcing the removal of an investigator in Ukraine.
2. Business deals between his family and China. 3. His “speeches” where he can’t get any facts straight.
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Did you look up the cause of this incident-? Apparently not. Floyd made a “purchase” in a store with counterfeit money. The store owner who appeared to be of middle eastern decent called the police. The police were attemping to arrest Floyd for this reason. Floyd was resisting arrest.
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becomes unable to perform the duties of the President of the USA ! (25th Amendment) It is very obvious that is the reason the Democrat Party is not very upset about all his Faults and his Mental Condition ! They can have him taken out whenever they decide that he is really as useless as he portrays himself to be ! Look long and hard at this America, This is the Donkey
Peoples “Plan B ” We the People need to Re-Elect President Trump to prevent the Socialist/Communist Takeover from happening and Thwart their Agenda of Investigating our duly elected President every time he Sneezes or looking for reasons to Impeach !
You’re precisely on target. Not only is this strategy obvious, it also is far too similar to the democrat proxy voting plan. These shenanigans place world power in the hands of 20 anti-American, socialists, now aka democrats.
Allowing these flimflams greatly enhances the prior administration’s wish to fundamentally transform our freedoms into government controlled collectives. Most hate the notion. Many believe it’s a recipe for armed conflict.
SO glad to see that others think like I do! Its not Biden so much as it will be who the VP he has picked for him! He will be just a puppet and wear hearing aids telling him what to say! And how proud would we be to have his blunders in a meeting of other countries?????????????
And to also know what ever decisions he makes are really what someone else wants and not what WE the People want or need! Its also does not say much of the people letting him make a fool of himself. They are the ones still part of the swamp pushing the commie/lefty/socialist agenda. I also wonder when he speaks if he has any idea of what he is really saying! (my mom had the same problem, and after a while did not know my name)
Biden’s faux pas comment reveals a deep rooted mindset, not a gaffe. Biden believes, like the majority of Democrats, in LBJ’s infamous “I’ll have those N*****s voting Democrat for the next 250 years.” Democrats truly believe that the table scraps they’ve tossed the Black community (or any minority community for that matter), should be sufficient to buy their support. It’s nothing more than a modern version of the Massah mentality left over from the Dems Slave Owner past.
The Left calls woken Blacks Uncle Tom’s. Believing the suppression of minority communities is the fault of Conservatives, when in truth it’s been the Left’s signature legislation that has done more to keep minorities “in their place,” than any legislation the Conservatives have proposed.
The real “Uncle Tom’s are the minorities in the Democratic Party that continue to believe in Massah’s empty promises.
Sleepy Joe Biden is a smelly pile of Democrat donkey used oats!
Trump and Barr “threw the considerable weight and power of the U.S. Department of Justice behind the investigation.” – “This is as it should be” – No, it isn’t. The abusive, indeed fatal and apparently wholly unjustifiable act should be investigated and prosecuted by Minneapolis and by Minnesota. A failure to do so or an apparent miscarriage of justice in doing so is where federal investigation comes in – and that becomes an investigation of the state’s administrative malfeasance.
Many believe that wussy little mayor failed when he pulled law enforcement out of the danger zone where riots and arson were widespread. And when the state failed to step in, President Trump voiced his opinion.
Last I heard, his only action was to fly an unarmed Predator drone over the city to help the mayor assess the situation. He also plans to start an investigation, something for which your political side is well schooled.
It seems like everyone has already tried and hung the police officers without all the facts. If they want to do something positive for the black community, stop burning businesses that are run by people of color and hire also hire them. How about stopping black on black murders in most large cities also? Why do so many of them want something for nothing in return? There are wonderful people of every race, color, creed, but the focus is always on the bad.
We as good people of this country USA Need to all get together at the poles and vote straight Republican on all tickets to include governors who now are Democrats. Vote straight Red. The Dems have used there power to take our country down Look at Michigan California North Carolina just to name a few. and look at NY. all he wants to do is blame trump for his screw ups Like putting virus infected people in nursing homes where all the older vulnerable people are and of course they are dying from this and that bastard blames our president for it. Vote all the Dems completely out of office. Trump isn’t perfect Nobody is But Trump in my opinion is the best President that this country has ever had and it is all Because he is NOT a politician and the Dems and Repubs can’t control him and that is exactly why they have been trying to take him out of office Trump 2020
Biden screws up again whats new
There is a good reason the democrats use the ass as their symbol.
“To the Class of 2020 and all the kids coming up behind you. I am sorry your parents are so self centered and have their heads so far up their butts – that they have screwed up what we tried to leave behind for you. I guess their “image” is more important to them than your future. My prayers are that very soon they will grow up and realize what they have done – before it is too late. I wish you all the very best and my prayers are for you. Love Grandpa”