While people of good will sincerely debate, the black political class
does everything in its power to make sure that nothing much is
accomplished at all. The Congressional Black Caucus pulled out their
kente cloth prop and added taking a knee with Nancy Pelosi and Charles
Schumer in one of the worst photo opportunities of all time.
They are proposing reforms which will never be approved by the
Republican controlled Senate or Donald Trump. They are also keeping
their police-empowering Protect and Serve Act in place. Protect and
Serve makes assaulting a police officer a federal offense, and nearly
every victim of police violence is again victimized by this spurious
charge.
The chicanery must be pointed out, yet it must be acknowledged that
changes are far reaching and events are occurring which no one would
have predicted just a few months ago. Kente cloth charlatans are not
only the ones being exposed. When New York City mayor Bill deBlasio’s
daughter was arrested at a protest the police union revealed her name to
the press in an effort to embarrass him. In return, deBlasio defended
cops who drove vehicles into a crowd, beat protesters and bystanders
alike, and even arrested legal observers from the National Lawyers
Guild.
In response, New York City employees signed an open letter to
the mayor condemning his supine support of a police department which
hates him. They broke every rule of politics and conventional wisdom
given to employees anywhere. The dictum of never criticizing a boss has
gone out the window along with everything else.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "Freedom Rider: Rebellion, Confusion, Scoundrels and Kente Cloth" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).