Five years ago, 18 year-old Michael Brown Jr. was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The New York Times called it the “catalyst” for the social justice movements as we know them today.

Protesting is still alive and well in Ferguson, MO as well as other cities last night in remembrance of Michael Brown and as a reminder that (white) police officers are “bad”. This did not stop some of our favorite Democrats from pandering to their potential voter base:

5 years ago Michael Brown was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael was unarmed yet he was shot 6 times. I stand with activists and organizers who continue the fight for justice for Michael. We must confront systemic racism and police violence head on.

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) August 9, 2019

“White lady who panders” was met with a “come to Jesus”:

Your lies make baby Jesus cry. 😢 https://t.co/mwiEai4FzM

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) August 9, 2019

When you get charged by a 300 lb criminal, who has just robbed a small, helpless store owner and then tried to get your gun, I hope your security detail doesn't make you have to make a decision, you lying, privileged harridan.

— Nancy Hirst (@GreatGramGreen) August 10, 2019

It's the difference between surrendering to officers as opposed to trying to wrestle an officer's guns away from him.

This isn't difficult.

— Beyond My Purview ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@OverpaidA) August 9, 2019

These minor details have not stopped democratic lawmakers from proposing a bill aimed at reducing police killings by raising the standard for law enforcement’s use of deadly force. From HuffPo:

The bill would change the federal standard for “use of force” by federal officers ― including those with the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and more. It would require that cops only use lethal force when necessary to prevent “imminent and serious” harm or death, and after “exhausting reasonable alternatives.” Notably, it would require officers to use de-escalation techniques to try to stabilize the situation.”

Just to clarify, by “police killings”, these lawmakers are not talking about officers being wounded or killed in the line of duty. These lawmakers are not talking about individuals who wreak havoc on a community and try to grab an officer’s weapon after a rampage. These “lawmakers” are talking about police officers defending themselves in the line of duty not by weapons but by using so-called “de-escalation techniques” and “exhausting reasonable alternatives”. The legislation is called the PEACE Act. And you can read more on this here. Here is an excerpt:

(b) PROHIBITION ON DEADLY USE OF FORCE.—A
11 Federal law enforcement officer may not use deadly force
12 against a person unless—
13 (1) such force is necessary, as a last resort, to
14 prevent imminent and serious bodily injury or death
15 to the officer or another person;
16 (2) the use of such forces creates no substantial
17 risk of injury to a third person; and
18 (3) reasonable alternatives to the use of such
19 force have been exhausted.-Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)”

Michael Brown, Sr. is also calling for a reopening of the investigation in his son’s death.

Michael Brown, Jr. was unarmed drug-dealer who was making his rounds and walking in the middle of the street blocking traffic. What is exactly “necessary force, as a last resort” when asked by law enforcement to stop blocking traffic? And force is not supposed to be used on a person who keeps coming at you even after several rounds of warning shots are fired? How, pray tell, do you deescalate that?!

And here we are. Five years later. Are our cities any safer? Are law enforcement officers able to do their jobs? How many officers have been shot in the line of duty? If we want to talk about the color of one’s skin here, how many. of those officers are black shot by another African-American?

None of this matters. You see, the narrative is that a white police officer used a weapon to end the life of a young black man. All of the news outlets (nodding to you, CNN, NYT, WaPo and MSMBC to name a new) will report it this way. I repeat. A white cop shot a black man five years ago. That is, according to them. all the masses need to know. Politicians will continue to capitalize on this narrative. These monkeys continue to fling this at all of the readers and viewers and throw in more decisive rhetoric because, why not? If we look to the way our media continues to cover these events, past and present, some eyes may be opened. I challenge liberals to take “black” and “white” out of all of these stories and to see then, if opinions and attitudes change. I’m not holding my breath here. In the meantime, our media outlets will continue to call protests and racial division “catalysts” for social justice movements.

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