ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

A BLACK MAN DIED WHILE BEING ARRESTED YESTERDAY. IT WAS RECORDED
ON A CELL PHONE AND IT HAS NOW GONE VIRAL. THE KNEE-JERK REACTION
IS ANTI-POLICE.......THAT IS NOT MY REACTION.
THE BLACK MAN WAS WELL KNOWN TO STATEN ISLAND P.D., ARRESTED MANY
TIMES FOR SELLING BOOTLEG CIGARETTES. AS YOU MAY KNOW, STATEN ISLAND
IS A HIGH CRIME AREA,, BURGLARIES, ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES, DRUGS,
PROSTITUTION..........AND YES, THE PERPS ARE MOSTLY BLACK.......
THIS GUY WAS NO CHOIRBOY...WHEN THE COPS CONFRONTED HIM, HE GAVE
THEM "ATTITUDE". HE SHOULD HAVE SAID "YES SIR", "NO SIR" OR
"I DON'T KNOW SIR"....
THE COPS ARE NOT SOCIAL WORKERS, DOCTORS OR PRIESTS...THEIR JOB IS
TO KEEP LAW AND ORDER....
MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME TO RESPECT AUTHORITY; AND THE POLICE ARE
ENDOWED WITH  AUTHORITY BY CITY, TOWN OR STATE GOVERNMENTS,
THE SOCIETY. HABITUAL LAWBREAKERS DON'T RATE ANY SYMPATHY
WITH ME. THIS DEATH SHOULD'NT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT I DON'T FAULT
THE COPS FOR TAKING DOWN A PERP WHO WASN'T COOPERATING....

SADLY,, TOO MANY BLACKS DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY. THEY THINK THAT
THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL "RIGHT" TO GIVE COPS "LIP".....THERE
 THEY ARE LIVING IN CRIME INFESTED, DRUG INFESTED NEIGHBORHOODS
AND THEY VIEW COPS AS THE ENEMY....IT IS JUST STUPID!!

RIGHT ON QUE, THERE'S 'OL AL SHARPTON, LIKE DRACULA, A VAMPIRE
SUCKING ON THE FAMILIES GRIEF, POISONING THE MINDS OF THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AGAINST THE POLICE....IT IS DISGUSTING.

WHEN I WAS 23 YRS OR SO, I LEFT WORK EARLY ONE DAY. ON THE WAY
TO THE SUBWAY, I HAD PURCHASED AN "ADULT" BEVERAGE AND
CONSUMED IT....BY THE TIME I REACHED THE ESSEX STREET "J" LINE IN
BROOKLYN, THE FORCES OF NATURE WERE TAKING CONTROL. SO,, I
FOUND A DARK CORNER OF A STAIRWELL TO "RELIEVE" THE "PRESSURE".
AFTER I HAD COMPLETED MY BODILY FUNCTION I RETURNED TO THE
PLATFORM . SOON TWO UNDERCOVERS APPROACHED ME AND
"REQUESTED" MY I.D., I COMPLIED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING
TO RECEIVE A SUMMONS FOR URINATING IN THE SUBWAY...
WELL, I BLEW MY COOL, I STARTED YELLING ABOUT WASTING TAXPAYER
MONEY TO PAY COPS TO CATCH GUYS PISSING IN THE SUBWAY.....

WELL,, THESE TWO COPS, A SALT AND PEPPER TEAM, ONE TALL THE OTHER
SHORT, DIDN'T SAY A WORD. EACH GRABBED AN ARM AND LIFTED MY
130 LB BODY OFF THE GROUND AND CARRIED ME DOWN THE STAIRS TO A
UTILITY ROOM. THERE THEY CUFFED ME, LOCKED THE DOOR. THEN THE
BIG GUY HAULED OFF AND BUSTED ME IN THE MOUTH. I FELL BACK
AGAINST THE WALL....EVEN IN MY INEBRIATED STATE I HAD THE SENSE
TO KEEP MY BIG MOUTH SHUT.....ONCE THEY SAW THAT I UNDERSTOOD,
THEY UNCUFFED ME, WROTE THE SUMMONS AND LET ME GO.

THE LESSON WAS THAT I HAD BROKEN THE LAW,, NO MATTER WHAT I
THOUGHT OF IT....AND THEY HAD THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THAT
LAW NO MATTER HOW STUPID IT WAS....BY THE WAY, I URINATED IN THE
CORNER CAUSE ALL THE BATHROOMS WERE LOCKED.... AND TRANSIT
LOCKED ALL THE BATHROOMS CAUSE PEOPLE WERE USING THE BATHROOMS
FOR ILLICIT PURPOSES...GUYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT....
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT I WAS A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE; BUT
LESSON TWO WAS,, DON'T DRINK BEFORE YOU GET ON THE SUBWAY....

HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE: ALL CITIZENS MUST RESPECT THE AUTHORITY
OF THE POLICE WHETHER YOU ARE WHITE, BLACK, GREEN OR YELLOW!!

                                                                RONALD J LAMB