Divide and Conquer, the American Way
December 09, 2014
Rebellion: From the Boston Tea Party to Ferguson
Divide and Conquer, the American Way
by SANFORD KELSON
Black on Black crime is a racist statement. It is an attempt to excuse the illegal killing of Black citizens by certain police officers because Black citizens have illegally killed Black citizens. Law enforcement officials serve the cause of justice in our name. Nothing non-state criminals do, regardless of their race, can excuse any illegal conduct by police officers.
NYC had a policy to stop and frisk Black Americans without any reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. The same percentage of White citizens use and sell illegal drugs as Black citizens but Whites are not stopped and frisked without reasonable suspicion. White collar crime abounds in Wall Street but business men are not stopped on the streets to have their brief cases searched.
Oppression in America extends beyond what occurs in the Black communities. Certainly you remember the wider oppression? Remember a few examples:
Remember the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s and 90s? 1,043 savings and loan associations in the United States failed due to white collar crime. Thousands of innocent customers suffered great financial harm.
Remember the Enron scandal? Enron customers were cheated through fraudulent overcharging. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Enron employees lost their jobs, pensions, savings, health insurance and more by reason of its CEOs criminal conduct. Innocent investors also lost millions of dollars.
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