Black and Blue!

BLACK AND BLUE!

The last week has been one of death and horror and racial tension! Live's senselessly being taken on multiple sides and America is at a serious crossroad!

  The police are now being targeted after the shooting of two African American men in two different states across the country, But the police being targeted are from all around the country now and it's not the solution but instead a reasoning why the fears lay in the eyes of law enforcement!

  Five officers in Dallas Texas have been killed along with another seven being injured along with two civilians that were attending a peaceful protest which was one of many around the country, When a lone gunman opened fired specifically targeting white police officers!

  

  The obvious factor in all of these shootings is it's due to racist beliefs, Or this is what is being portrayed in all case's and now it's running out of control around the country with more officers being targeted due to the killings of the two African Americans!

  This needs to stop and stop now! America is bruised horribly right now and the bruise is black and blue! This country is suffering a black vs blue stand off presently and this is only going to make problems escalate and turn even worse because of people taking up arms and shooting the men and women in uniform that are trying to protect and serve the people! 

  It's not an us vs them situation, Though I understand the view from the black lives matter movement and all of this was only a matter of time in the making with the amount of young black males being killed by law enforcement!

  We have all seen law enforcement go free and not be charged for crimes due to the death of these young black males, But when these deaths continue despite everyone saying action is being taken and doesn't evolve what is to be done next?

  This was only a matter of time! Just as there are only a few bad apples in the police force around the country there will eventually be a few bad apples on the other end of the spectrum as well! Where a few black people will take what they think is the only action to take in order to be heard!

  It is not the right way to handle it AT ALL! All this is doing is making it even more of a reason for the police community to be Leary of what may be waiting for them as a possibility!

  I know it seems like it may be like a one way view where only the police are right and are justified in what they do, But no! It really isn't that way! The police involved in these latest shootings were well on their way to being charged and all this mess would have probably started taking a new direction of ways of handling situations!

  But now with all these latest shootings of police around the country is just going to keep things going the same path! The path of where the black community has to worry about even getting pulled over for a traffic violation!. and whether they may be shot from a jumpy police officer because of the color of someone's skin!

  Is it right? NO! It's not right on either spectrum! It's not right for the police to do racial profiling! As well as it's not right for ANYONE to shoot at and kill the police because of anger! There is no way to try equaling the playing field by killing each other! All it does is turn our future into the reliving of our past. The past in which we can't seem to escape! But escape from this cycle is what we must do if we plan on breaking away from this horrible mess!

  A lot of things have been said on both sides of the fence, And I have to say for the most part it has been positive and for the better! But there have been a few things said by people of importance that will move this country nowhere! The Lt. Gov from Texas has made several rash comments one statement was that the protesters were hypocrites for running from the gun fire! He had made several other harsh statements that were and are totally unproductive in quelling any of this nightmare and it's my belief he is one of the reasons we have these problems within this country is because of to many people like him! 

  Instead of saying things to ease the tension he's making statements blaming people that are showing their feelings of being upset with these horrible murders of black people! He was saying the protesters were blaming all police around the country which in fact isn't what they were protesting! They weren't protesting all police but rather just the police involved with these recent killings and letting all know that something needs to be done and there is obviously some underlying problems within the police around the country!

  I believe that there really needs to be some kind of screening that new hires in the police force must pass before being armed and licensed to kill! I know in some areas there is types of hiring procedures that people must complete, But there are other areas where people come into the force right off the street with no proper training, And in some areas they pretty much just get hired and it's that simple! 

  If a person fears a person of color, Or faith because they resemble a terrorist, Well then they have no place in the force! A person needs to be able to contain there emotions and fears if they plan on being a successful officer of the law or we're just going to keep on ending up with these same problems!

  America is in a very severe state of pain right now! We have so many things at our feet right now it's like a bottle of pop that has been shaken up and once that cap gets a twist she's going to blow!

  We are reeling from recent deaths from an extremist, We are battling terrorism around the world, We are walking the razor's edge of a possible war with both China and Russia! America can't afford this internal war. Nor can we afford to ignore the crying out of the brutal force in which some have to experience because of some bad apple's!

  We must unite and find some form of solidarity or chaos will ensue and consume us all! This is a time for this country to come together or we will lose what separates us from the rest of the messed up world! We need to show we are better then this that's been going on! We need to be able to respect our law enforcement not fear them! Fear them like some seem to think that's what their for! We aren't some communist country where law enforcement forces us to live by their rules or else! We still live in what's supposed to be a democratic country! If democracy fails we all fail!