This Wont Be Politically Correct

I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was great; I apologize for no blog last week! Needless to say the news didn’t stop, and over the last 2 weeks, there has been so much news that I can’t even begin where to think. I didn’t really know how to address the last 2 weeks and keep this blog concise, so I will look at 1 absolutely tragic event that happened this last week in the social/news world.
The New York Police Department shooting on November the 26th is what I want to focus on here. Before anyone says anything, I am not going to attack anyone. I am trying to create questions and conversation about America, about where we are and why this happened. My heart and prayers absolutely go out to the family of the man, Sean Bell, who was to be married on the 27th. My heart and prayers also go out to the officers who were put in this predicament and now find their careers and entire character on the line. I want to take this step-by-step so you know where I am coming from and so we can make this as easy as it can be when talking about it. First, there has to be an investigation, and I completely agree with an investigation. Anytime you have a police shooting, the circumstances for which that shooting occurred should be looked at in detail, as they are with this shooting. Details are already coming out that are entailing what went on and the conditions surrounding how this all played out. The whole story seemed very dramatic and it all happened within a matter of minutes, only complicating the choices the officers would ultimately have to make to pull their weapons and fire upon the car that Sean Bell was in. Now, let’s look at something that I haven’t heard the media or anyone look at in depth. Almost every single time something like this happens, almost every single time, there seems to be 1 or 2 constants. These stories come out every now and then, and of course everyone looks into racism, everyone looks into excessive police force, just about every possible scenario and circumstance is looked at. However, those 1 or 2 constants seem to get lost in the shuffle. What are those 2 constants? Almost EVERY TIME, there is some sort of club/strip-club involved, alcohol, and some sort of illegal use or smuggling of a weapon into those very clubs. Then, when things go awry, everyone is just shocked and amazed that something like this happens. I ask you why? Why are we so surprised that excessive alcohol drinking and drug use leads to poor decisions? Why are we so surprised that this always happens at strip-clubs? Stop and think! When you put alcohol, many times illegal-prostitution and sex, drugs and firearms together, that is an absolute recipe for disaster, and I can’t emphasize that enough. So, as the various people involved in this shooting came out of the club, the shooting ensued. Now why exactly did that shooting ensue? Well, that is what the details of the investigation will reveal, but so far, it sounds as if the car was being used as a weapon. Whether that is true or not is beside the point I am going to make here: I want to look at another aspect of this. Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, came out with this quote about the situation:
“It is not the policy of the police department where a police officer can shoot at a car when the car is being used as a weapon, so at least in that case, it would appear that the policies of police department were broken, but we don't even know that because there were allegations of a gun”.
Regardless of the entire situation that played out here, Bloomberg said something that caused my jaw to just about hit the floor, “It is not the policy of the police department where a police officer can shoot at a car when the car is being used as a weapon.” Is this really, truly the policy of the NYPD? Here’s a question. What happens if a van is driving 50 miles per hour towards one of the sky-scrappers in downtown New York, and it isn’t slowing down. What if inside that van is enough explosives to decimate any building that stands. I would think that would be being used as a weapon yes? Are the police officers not allowed to shoot to kill the driver because it “isn’t the policy of the police department” to shoot at a vehicle being used as a weapon? I know that’s an extreme case, but where does it end? The reports are that the vehicle Mr. Bell was in was being used as a weapon, that he floored it towards the officer, who had yelled to the occupants of the vehicle that he was in fact a police officer. If that policy is truly a policy of the NYPD, then we have a very, very serious situation here. When police officers, who are trained and who put their lives on the line every single day, are not allowed to take matters into their own hands when a vehicle is being driven at them as a weapon, then I tell you this: YOU ARE NOT SAFE. The police can not protect you with the abilities they should be able to, and it is because of political correctness taking over. You may have heard some of the Conservative talk-show hosts say it, and they are 100% right. Political correctness is becoming more and more dangerous to America, and if the police not being able to shoot at a driver who is barreling down at them in a vehicle, or your choice as a parent being taken away to know and have a say in what your children hear in the classroom is where America is headed, then something has to be done. (And yes, I AM going there again if you know right now where I am headed.) The SP agenda is a driving force behind this, along with a certain group that would stand up for the very people who would drive a van into a building to kill you, but were shot by police in order to stop them and would then be criticized and perhaps taken to court because “it isn’t the policy of the police department” to shoot at a vehicle being used as a weapon. Where does it end? Honestly, I want you to ask yourself that, where does it end? Does it end? How far does political correctness go?
There is a bigger theme here. One that is outside of a police shooting, or parents having the right to have a say in what their children learn in school (refer to last blog, Open Minds and a Good Education). It is the anti-Judeo Christian value society that is emerging as more than just a few far-left liberals spouting their Science-is-God views. It is becoming very main stream. Unfortunately, it is becoming “cool” to be a liberal who stands against values that conservatives do. It isn’t even as if the people who stand for this far-left agenda believe in it, but more just to go along with an anti-Bush media and agenda that is seen, heard and read in nearly every media outlet in America. It is this seemingly “intellectualism” view that it’s a good thing to bash on Bush because of his perceived “lack of ability to speak”, and his every-day common language that he uses as a president. It’s becoming cool to not believe in the foundations of which this country was founded on: God. The judicial system, every-day society and just about everywhere you look, there is a literal culture war going on, and it has to be stopped, and soon. Or else, the headline of the future will read as follows:
OFFICERS SUED FOR STOPPING TERROR ATTEMPT: Police went outside of “policy” in saving thousands of Americans.
Sorry if I am not being politically correct…actually, no I’m not. - AJW