A WORD TO MY BLACK BRETHEREN

THE POLICE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY....YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
ROBBED, SHOT OR KILLED BY A PERSON OF "COLOR" THAN A WHITE
POLICE OFFICER.....

BACK IN THE '80'S, I LIVED IN HOMELESS SHELTERS FOR ABOUT FIVE
YEARS. THE "RESIDENTS" THERE WERE 95% BLACK......I SAW THE WORST
OF HUMANITY THERE. ALCOHOLICS, DRUG ADDICTS, POT HEADS, CRACK
HEADS, PAROLEES FROM JAIL, UNRULY TEENS KICKED OUT BY THEIR
PARENTS......I WAS THERE BECAUSE I LIKED CRACK SO MUCH THAT
I LOST EVERYTHING. SO, THERE WERE NO INNOCENTS THERE, NO
CHOIRBOYS.

IF YOU LEFT SOMETHING ON YOUR BED AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM,
THAT "SOMETHING" WOULD BE GONE WHEN YOU GOT BACK. SOCKS,
DRAWERS, SHOES, NOTHING WAS SAFE. THE STRONG PICKED ON THE
WEAK.....YEAH, YOU COULD SAY THAT I KNOW A GOOD BIT ABOUT
THE CHARACTER OF HUMAN BEINGS.

SO WHEN I HEAR THAT A WHITE COP SHOT AN "UNARMED" BLACK
MAN, I DON'T "GET BENT OUT OF SHAPE", I SAY; "WHAT ARE THE FACTS"
I KNOW THAT AN "UNARMED" MAN CAN BE A THREAT......
I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE BLACK MANS SIDE JUST BECAUSE HE'S
BLACK....THERE ARE BAD PEOPLE OUT IN SOCIETY AND TOO MANY OF
THEM ARE BLACK.......I AM NOT GOING TO OVERLOOK THAT, I AM NOT
GOING TO LET THE RACE HUSTLERS ,THE MEDIA OR A DISHONEST
BLACK PRESIDENT CLOUD MY REASON, MY JUDGEMENT......
JUST THE FACTS MA'AM, JUST THE FACTS PLEASE.........

ONE MORE THING, AS LONG AS BLACK INDIVIDUALS COMMIT CRIMES,
BLACK PEOPLE AS A WHOLE WILL BE VIEWED WITH SUSPICION, FEAR
AND YES, HATRED....

SELF PRESERVATION IS NOT RACISM !!!


                                                         RONALD J LAMB