I'M NOT SURPRISED

IT HAS BEEN A WEEK SINCE THAT ROOKIE COP WAS SHOT BY A BLACK PERP
WHO BOARDED A BROOKLYN BUS WITHOUT PAYING THE FARE.
NOT ONE SO-CALLED BLACK LEADER OR POLITICIAN IN BROOKLYN HAS
CONDEMNED THAT ACT PUBLICLY.
THE MEDIA HAS REPORTED THAT THE PERP SAID THAT HE HATES COPS. THE
GUY IS A CAREER CRIMINAL AT 28 YEARS OF AGE......WHY SHOULD WE BLACK
PEOPLE DEFEND HIM? HE IS MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT A CRIME AGAINST ONE OF US; AND I'D BET MY RIGHT HAND THAT HE HAS....
I HAVE HEARD CERTAIN BLACK LEADERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AMONG
 THEM, EXPRESS THEIR "DISLIKE" OF THE POLICE.
WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE IS THAT? IT'S A ROTTEN ONE FOR SURE.
THE POLICE ARE NOT DOGS, THEY ARE MEN AND WOMEN, HUSBANDS AND
 WIVES, FATHERS AND MOTHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, AUNTS AND UNCLES,
NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS....
WHEN BLACK LEADERS EXPRESS SENTIMENTS LIKE THAT, THEN THEY ARE
FOMENTING, ENCOURAGING ANTI-POLICE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS. (CRIMES)
COPS GET SHOT, KILLED. THEN THE POLICE GET "ATTITUDES" AND BECOME
HOSTILE AND SUSPICIOUS OF THE PUBLIC; AND RIGHTLY SO.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU HAD TO WORK IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT?
WE CITIZENS HAVE TO CHOOSE THE LEADERSHIP MORE CAREFULLY.
IT IS CHARACTER THAT COUNTS, NOT COLOR, RACE OR GENDER.

                                                            RONALD J LAMB