IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK

I am going to ask you a question. If you were walking down any street after dark in any major city in America and you were confronted by a group of young black teenagers with their caps on sideways and their pants down below their butts, what would you think? Would you be alarmed? Would you be scared? If you were smart you would be. If you were really smart you wouldn’t be there in the first place or, at the very least, you would be armed. 

Now, if you were a police officer, would you feel any differently? How about if you were a normal tax paying, hard working, black man or woman? Why should we feel this way? Is this fear inordinate? Is there any basis for this fear?

The answer is of course you have a very real basis for this fear. And the black race has brought this suspicion on themselves. If you look like a thug, dress like a thug, talk like a thug, most sensible people are going to think you are a thug. If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it probably is a duck. This group of young people could be a church choir going to practice, but no one would imagine that. They could be going out to feed the homeless, but no one is going to think that. 

The reason is simple. The odds are many in this group of youngsters have probably been raised without a father figure. Seventy percent of black babies are born out of wedlock. Some would have gang affiliations. Many would have a different last name than their mother. And most of them have been fed a steady diet of victimhood for their entire lives. Doubtless many in the group will be armed with knives or guns. If you come to the conclusion that this is a dangerous situation, you would probably be right. 

And so I ask you. What should you do if confronted by this situation? So far no law has been broken. Being on the street making a public spectacle of yourself isn’t a crime. In America the law cannot get involved unless and until a crime is committed. Here is my suggestion. Don’t be in that situation. Don’t go walking down the street in any major city where you could have such a confrontation.

As to the black youngsters. If you put yourself in a situation where any normal person of any color would be suspicious, you are probably going to be hassled by the police. As I said, the black population has brought this suspicion on themselves. I know it’s not fair, but that is just the way it is. 

Now when and if the police arrive, listen and obey their instructions. Just today I read of a young man who was shot and killed by police because he refused to show police his hand which he had hidden behind his back. What is the policeman supposed to do? I promise you he won’t wait until you bring your hand around with a loaded handgun. That would be too late. Incidentally that young man was white. His refusal to comply with police instructions cost him his life. 

Today all across the country mobs of black and white people are demanding defunding the police departments. New York City has agreed to defund by a billion dollars. We will all see the results of that bit of stupidity. It’s not going to be pretty.

Sadly thirteen percent of the population dominates the news with murder and mayhem. They fill our courts and they fill our prisons, and it is not the fault of white America. Nothing is going to change until they themselves change starting with their family structure. It must be revamped. No one who lives in this country is a victim, so quit playing that card. It is tiresome. 

Ron Scarbro July 1, 2020