Cincinatti's Mess

Remember that friendly tune on the hit show "WKRP in Cincinnati"? You know you do, it was a classic show that brought good laughs to many. Nowadays, however, the city of Cincinnati is FAR from a humorous place. In fact, there is enough tension in that city to choke the life out of God. Why you ask? Well I return you question with what building have you been living under for the last few weeks. But since not everyone is as informed as most on the news. I’ll catch you up to speed.

In April 7^th, a white police officer shot and killed a 19 year old black man named Timothy Thomas, who fled from police officers trying to arrest him on 14 warrants, mostly for traffic charges. Timothy was running away from the officer, and was also unarmed when the police officer fired multiple shots in the back of Timothy Thomas. Thomas was the fourth black man killed in a confrontation with police since November the 15th since 1995. Can we get a "Go Cincinnati!!"? I didn’t think so.

I was going to let this piece go on without being spoken about here at Gyeah.com, but today in my IAH (Arts & Humanities) class…a young lady said one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever heard in quite some time. I hope this young lady was just talking, and didn’t truly understand what she was saying, if she did, she is a lot less educated then I originally pegged her to be. I’m not going to say the woman’s name, because she’s not here to defend herself, but she said that Timothy provoked the police officer to shoot him. She continued on saying that the people, who participated in civil rights movements in the south, also provoked the beatings and defamation that they received. Yes, she’s from this planet people, and she’s also managed to piss the hell out of Vigilante here.

Timothy Thomas provoked the officer to shoot him in the back and kill him? Really?!? A man was afraid that he was going to be arrested, so he ran. It’s human nature for people to run when in fear, and hell in a city where 4 black people were killed by white officers… I’d run like f’n hell too. The thing is it’s very possible for the police officer to have shot the man in the leg stopping him from running. I mean the Secret Service disarmed an armed man in front of the White House by shooting him int he foot. Instead, he shot him, more than once I might add, in the back. So, let me get this straight. This young woman in my class believed that Timothy placed a sign on his back that had a bullseye on it with words above it that read "Shoot here please?" Yeah, f***** right?!? There are plenty of ways to stop a man from running, besides emptying your clip into his back. But according to my dear classmate, that’s what Tim wanted.

She also stated that the people of the south provoked violence. Once again, this woman managed to show where she was coming from. Those people who participated in the sit-ins and marches didn’t break laws to get beat in the head with billy clubs, and have their head blown the f*** off. They broke the law knowing that they were going to be going to jail, a place they were willing and prepared to go. They weren’t really breaking the law, because they were more than prepared to serve the time for their crimes. They were just trying to bring the awareness to the people around them. Unfortunately, the white cops of then are similar to the ones in Cincinnati (and many other cities and states that don’t get reported), crooked and willing to ignore their duty to protect people. I guess breaking the law means you should be ready to have your damn head blown off? Just throw jail completely out the window.

Heh, if I was in Cincinnati. I wouldn’t be rioting stores and businesses; I would be beating the shit out of the police force. The businesses aren’t the ones who killed the man, the cops are. The cops are the ones who are letting this officer go with a slap on the wrist. The cops are the reason that city is about to become a breaking point for race wars. Put the blame where it belongs. Of course, we can’t get high enough to where the problem is rooted. Our great president says ''Certainly the president is a supporter of law enforcement,'' said Fleischer, in response to a question of whether Bush supports the city's police. But ''the president is also sensitive to the causes in the community, the problems in the community, that have created the flash point that it has in Cincinnati,'' he added. He supports the law enforcement, but he is sensitive to the community? The racist bastard doesn’t realize he can’t be both at the same time. He supports the group of people that killed 4 African American people in the last 5 years, but is sensitive to the community. Supports…fully behind. Sensitive, understands their problems but doesn’t really back them. Wow, its good to see our president has the same mentality of the police officers in the south during the Civil Rights Movement. We think what they are doing is bad, but we won’t do anything to help you guy’s cause they (police) have our full support. I wonder which president my dear classmate voted for? Makes me afraid to be raised in this damn country.

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