Black members of the House of Representatives perpetuate the lies that Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown as he was surrendering with his hands up
On Monday, the Congressional Black Caucus treated the House of Representatives to a “Hands up! Don’t Shoot!” demonstration, together with some long winded speeches about the injustice of the Ferguson grand jury’s refusal to indict Darren Wilson. During their speeches, each one repeatedly raised their hands up.
I took special note of Sheila ‘Motormouth’ Jackson Lee and Al Green because both of these members of Congress are from Houston, my neck of the woods.
Ole motormouth praised the St. Louis Rams football players who demonstrated with their hands up before the start of Sunday’s Rams-Oakland Raiders game. Jackson Lee said, “Let me say that I also admire the young St. Louis Rams players who raised their hands, to be able to share in the dignity of those young peaceful protesters.”
Dignity of the peaceful protesters, my ass! Jackson Lee must have turned a blind eye to the protests in Ferguson, Oakland, Los Angeles and other cities where those ‘peaceful protesters’ blocked traffic at intersections and on freeways, interfered with Black Friday mall shoppers and on occasion smashed windows, looted stores and set them on fire.
Green said, “It was a John Carlos moment. Because this has become the new symbol, a new statement, a statement wherein people around the country now are calling to the attention of those who do quite understand that this is a movement that will not dissipate. It will not evaporate.”
When Green referred to ‘a John Carlos moment’, he was obviously counting on no one knowing who and what he was talking about. Carlos was one of the two black track stars who, during the medal award ceremony at the 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico, gave the disgraceful Black Power salute in which they each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of our national anthem.
And Green also praised the Rams players. He said, “I want to make sure that those who participated on the Rams team, that their names are chronicled in history... I want Kenny Britt to be recognized, Tavon Austin to be recognized, Stedman Bailey to be recognized, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Tre Mason.”
Yeah right. I will recognize those asshole jocks for perpetuating the lie that Wilson shot Brown as he was surrendering with his hands up.
Among the speakers, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said, “Hands up, don’t shoot. It’s a rallying cry of people all across America who are fed up with police violence. In community, after community, after community, fed up with police violence in Ferguson, in Brooklyn, in Cleveland, in Oakland, in cities and counties and rural communities all across America.”
Jeffries makes it sound like the police have run amok all over the country, committing violence against people at will. How revolting! How shameful! How offensive to cops!
What is particularly troubling to me is that by their “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” demonstration, the Black Caucus members were perpetuating the lies that Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown as he was surrendering with his hands up, just as did the Rams football players. Credible testimony revealed that Michael Brown was not surrendering with his hands up when Officer Wilson shot him.
The perpetuation of those lies about Wilson is particularly offensive to law enforcement officers across the nation. The perpetrators of those lies ought to be ashamed because, in effect, the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" symbolism accuses all cops of shooting down people in the act of surrendering. But apparently they have no shame.
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