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The "FABRICATED CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT" of 2014
The year 2014 may well be remembered as the year that a selected few individuals were able to launch a "fabricated civil rights movement" which has divided a nation, and could possibly ignite future marches and civil disobedience.
Our first African-American President, Barack Obama, along with our first African-American Attorney General, Eric Holder, have been methodically sowing the seeds of voter suppression, along with immigration and racial inequality, but the events in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City, gave them the platform they needed to lay the foundation for a national movement.
President Obama's point man for the black community, founder of the National Action Network, Al Sharpton; and the mayor of New York City, Bill De Blasio have assisted in opening a racial Pandora's Box that may have unintended consequences, for years to come.
Before you dismiss my accusations as a "racist rant", let's look at some current and historical facts. First, look at Mayor Bill de Blasio's participation before, and after the decision of a grand jury not to bring charges against a white New York City policeman, after he used a chokehold on Eric Garner, who is black.
Two days before the New York grand jury handed down its decision, Mayor De Blasio was invited to the White House to meet with President Obama, Al Sharpton, and civil rights leaders to discuss the events in Ferguson and the Garner case in New York. Obama would announce he's forming a task force on 21st century community policing that will make recommendations within four months.
After the Dec.3rd announcement of no indictment in New York, Mayor De Blasio helped set the foundation for this "civil rights movement" with several comments. "We are dealing with centuries of racism that have brought us to this day. This is now a national moment of grief, a national moment of pain."
De Blasio, who has a biracial son, insinuated that even he, must be careful in dealing with the police. "We've had to literally train him... how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him." The mayor continued to stoke the racial component by using this day to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And now we get to Al Sharpton, who just announced this week, there will be a national march on Washington D.C., Saturday, Dec.13th. He said, "It is time for a national march to deal with a national problem. We are dealing with a national crisis."
Al Sharpton first started leading marches in 1984, and it was during the 1991 Crown Heights riots, that he first used the slogan, "No Justice--No Peace." He has injected himself into controversial cases nationwide, from Trayvon Martin, to Michael Brown, and, now, with the Eric Garner case. But the Rev. Sharpton has been involved in several controversies himself.
His biggest scandal, of many, came in 1987 when a 15-year-old black girl, Tawana Brawley, claimed she had been assaulted and raped by six white men, including policemen. Sharpton and two attorneys defended Brawley, and Sharpton led protests on her behalf. Sharpton even accused the local prosecutor of being one of the rapists. After a seven month investigation, a grand jury found that Brawley had "fabricated" the entire rape story, and Sharpton was successfully charged with defamation, and ordered to pay the prosecutor $345,000 in damages.
So why would President Obama want to be associated with Al Sharpton? Well, according to CBS's 60 Minutes, Sharpton has become "the president's go-to black leader." A White House aide told Politico, "There's a trust factor with the Rev. from the Oval Office on down."
Sharpton was an early supporter of Obama in 2008, unlike many black leaders who were supporting Hillary Clinton. While Jesse Jackson was the leading voice for the black community in 2008, he was in disfavor with Obama and his inner-circle after a "hot microphone" incident in 2008. During a break on Fox News, Jesse Jackson's microphone was still on when he was caught whispering, "He (Obama) is talking down to black people.....I want to cut his n_ts off." Jesse Jackson later apologized on Chicago's WLS TV for his remarks.
This narrative of a racial divide and national movement has been amplified by the main stream media, cable pundits, liberal newspapers, and, yes, the Congressional Black Caucus, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Four Democrats gave speeches this past week, and all four raised their hands in the air and said, "Hands up, don't shoot." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said, "It's a rallying cry of people all across America who are fed up with police violence."
Eric Holder, America's top cop, does not shy away from his role as an activist on behalf of President Obama. He was asked by Juan Williams of Fox News, in a recent interview, what his response was to critics who say his department has an "activist civil rights division." Holder answered with, "I'd say I agree with you 1000 per cent and I am proud of it."
Holder's own words will tell you this is the beginning of a new era of the government's role in Obama's transformation of America. "There are still racial issues we as a society are working our way through." He went on, "The justice system is part of the larger society and to the extent there are racial issues we are still grappling with, it is not a shock that you're going to see them in the justice system....the justice system, if it is run properly, can make this country, the country it wants to be." What? Evidently Holder and Obama believe our "country wants to be a different country."
And now we have the President of the United States, who was elected to represent ALL the people, taking sides in controversial racial cases. It began with the Cambridge, Ma. Police "acting stupidly" in 2009, to the 2012 statement, "If I had a son he would look like Trayvon", and now our president is deep into the Ferguson and New York cases.
In an interview on the BET Networks, President Obama confirmed his belief America has a deeply rooted racial problem. He said, "When you're dealing with something as deeply rooted as racism or bias in any society, you got to have vigilance, but you have to recognize it's going to take some time."
In the same BET interview, Obama covered his "racism and bias" statement with, "As painful as these incidents are, we can't equate with what's happening now to what was happening fifty years ago. Things are better. Not good in some cases, but better."
Ok, Mr. President. Which president are we supposed to believe? In 2014, does your allegiance stand with all 300-plus million citizens, or with just the "people of color"?
Let's go back to 2008, when you were a candidate--hoping to become our president.
For twenty years you sat in the pews of the Trinity United Church of Christ and listened to the sermons of your pastor, Jeremiah Wright. You called him your mentor. He gave you your inspiration for your book, "The Audacity of Hope." He married you and baptized your children.
But, after videos surfaced in 2008 of Rev. Wright's controversial sermons, including the "g...damn America sermon, you repudiated your pastor, and resigned from your church. You told America you had never heard any controversial sermons in your twenty years at that church. Evidently, most people gave you the benefit of the doubt, and took you at your word.
We also took you at your word when you said over and over, "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your plan." As it turned out, millions of people lost their plans. You would later try to explain your statements, and you fumbled around with an apology at your press conference, but your credibility is now in doubt with the American people.
Your words, as president of the United States, matter.
Our nation is now at a crossroads. People continue to march and protest nationwide because of what they see and hear on the news and through social media. They hear from you, Mr. President, our Attorney General, Eric Holder, and leaders like Al Sharpton, and Mayor Bill De Blasio, that America has a race problem--and the only line of defense we have between us and criminal chaos--our police departments--can no longer be trusted.
If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, I truly believe he would be shocked and disappointed that "his civil rights movement" of the 1950's and 60's, is now being hijacked by a "fabricated civil rights movement" in the year 2014.
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