How does the Sean Bell execution define our society?

Question

During the last several weeks I have observed various points of view about this issue. This is 2006, yet there are still people who refer to a race of people as "the Blacks." Everyone should be up in arms about this exection style murder perpetrated by the very people who are meant to protect us. Does the sins of our past dictate our future? Much emphasis has been put on the past criminal records of the victims. What does that have to do with the fact that these men were fathers, sons, brothers, friends? Two little girls will now grow up fatherless. What difference does their skin color make? Their blood was red! We could look through our past, and examine all our victims with a magnifying glass. An example would be some women who are raped are promiscuous, ie: Nicole Simpson, yet a whole race of people were up in arms about her slaughter and hate OJ. There are times, like now, when I feel that we are going backwards as a people, as a race, THE HUMAN RACE.

Answer 1

I believe this injustice simply reflects a lack of respect, among police officers all over, for the lives of Black people. We need only look at the lessons of history to draw our conclusion. One of the things that triggered the Civil War in this country was called the 3/5's compromise. In short, this stated that we as Black people were only 3/5 human. Without belaboring the point, our lives only have value in the eyes of our former slave masters as long as we are rendering a 'valued' service, after which, we become expendable. My heart goes out to the families of those brothers, and I pray that we as a community can learn a valuable lesson from this and other similar incidents that will keep the deaths of our people from being in vain. "Those who refuse to study the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them." How many times must we see this scenario play out before we do something to change our condition. We can't keep asking those, who have a proven track record of lying to us and killing us, to help us.

Answer 2

Mr. Bell was not executed. There was no due process, no jury, no judge. To call it an "execution" is to RAISE this killing to a higher level than it probably is. I'm sorry that you make this mistake.

Second, have you ever done any volunteer work in a prison? Ever visited one? I have. I've spent days in there, doing volunteer work for the prison chaplain. What you quickly notice is that there is a vast difference between the racial makeup of prison population and the entity that sentenced them.

When MLK was doing his freedom marches, the prison population had roughly the same demographics as the general population.

However, in spite of a generation that has vastly increased the number of black cops, judges, and lawyers, there are more black people in prison than ever!! Therefore, either racism is increasing in spite of the work of MLKing et al, or there is a real problem among black communities in our country.

So, let me ask you -- if can argue that Sean Bell was "executed" as an act of the state, why can't I then respond that the state faces an increased threat from black people? Obviously both arguments are extreme, and even racist. And, neither take us to a resolution.

Rather, we need to address a sub culture -- which includes a disproportionate number of black people -- who (including Mr. Bell) live a life that puts them into a criminal sub culture. BTW, many white people live in that culture as well, and small rural towns are just as bad as urban areas. Our society is "defined" (or better yet, "described") by this sub culture, and this sub culture needs to be eradicated. Mind you, the sub culture needs to be eradicated, but not by eradicating those caught in it.

Answer 3

Do you get this pissed when a cop or a white person takes a bullet? Probably not because they deserved it right? Get a clue lady. What about Robert Blake? Gulity as hell but not a word about it in your little story. I think you should do some reading on the facts of the O.J. case. Maybe then will you quit leading the cheer for a black man that got away with killing a white women and her friend.

Answer 4

Freedom means we are free to do the right things in life. To think freedom means society has to put up with all kinds of BS is not a good idea.

Answer 5

hmmm

Answer 6

so you be extra fried chicken mad because he black and you black?

Answer 7

huh?

Answer 8

Thanks for whatever that was..........????????