When a Kenosha Wisconsin cop Rusten Shensky deliberately and calculatingly placed 7 shots into the back of an unarmed Jacob Blake last year. Many folks with a conscience thought that those actions were so unconscionable and indefensible that there was no way that Rusten Shensky would not be sent to prison for the remainder of his life for the betrayal of his oath, and for being a rotten excuse of a human being.
Those folks were wrong. Rusten Shensky was investigated by other cops who said nothing to see here it is totally cool to shoot someone in the back.….….. In fact, it is perfectly fine to shoot another human being in the back as many times as you feel is necessary, on one condition.
You must be wearing the uniform of an American police officer.
And just so you know those of you who tend to believe that the United States Justice Department is really about justice you may want to reconsider that mindset. The Justice Department looked at the shooting of mister Jacob Blake who will never walk again and decided, we looked at the evidence and we don’t see anything here either, move along folks”.
Jacob Blake is Black.
Rusten Shensky who is white was returned to the streets to kill and maim again.
The shooting of Jacob Blake in that fashion set off a firestorm of protests in Kenosha Wisconsin and across the state and country.
Out of that incident, Kyle Rittenhouse Supremacist-inspired AR15 toting thug went to Kenosha Wisconsin from his home in Illinois supposedly to counter the Black Lives Matter protesters who were protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake.
There Kyle Rittenhouse murdered two protesters and seriously injured another.
Rittenhouse was eventually charged for those crimes but was quickly exonerated of all charges by a Kenosha jury and a judge who made it clear whose side he was on.
At the time of the unconscionable shooting of Jacob Blake by a cop who is supposed to understand restraint and the commitment to protect life many people, (whites) choose as usual to create justification for the reprehensible actions of the cowardly cop.
Those justifications ranged from the eye-rolling, to too disgusting to dignify. The thing about those justifications is that from one end of the spectrum to the other, they were all influenced by the race of Blake and Shensky.
This brings me to a quote I have borrowed throughout the years that I have been a writer.
First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me. (Martin Niemöller).
The murderer and his rapacious and unconscionable defenders will use the deceased man’s past to create justification for his murder and they may well prevail in a system in which police are allowed to summarily be judge, jury, and executioner.
I say take the guns away from these animals and see how many of them resign; that I believe, is the best way to bring sanity to this state of madness.
THEN THERE IS THIS
Harrowing footage caught the moment an off-duty Arizona cop working as a Walmart security guard shot a 61-year-old man in a wheelchair nine times in the back, killing him — after the disabled man allegedly shoplifted. The officer, Ryan Remington, was on assignment at the Walmart in Tucson on Monday when an employee alerted him about 6 p.m. that a customer in a motorized wheelchair had swiped a toolbox, KGUN reported. The employee caught up with the suspect, identified later as Richard Lee Richards, and asked him to show a receipt in the parking lot. “Instead of providing the receipt, Mr. Richards brandished a knife and said, ‘Here’s your receipt,’” Police Chief Chris Magnus said in a statement, according to CNN.
The chief said Remington, a four-year member of the Tucson police force, also followed Richards while “attempting to gain his coöperation” and surrender the blade. “Mr. Richards refused to comply, and instead continued to head through the Walmart and Lowe’s parking lots,” Magnus said. “According to the Walmart employee, Mr. Richards said, ‘If you want me to put down the knife, you’re going to have to shoot me.’ A second officer then joined Remington at the scene, where they warned the suspect not to enter the Lowe’s but he again reportedly ignored the commands.
The graphic video shows Richards begins to enter the store as Remington tells him, “Do not go into the store, sir.” He then opens fire at the suspect, who slumps over and crumples to the ground after being hit nine times. Remington is then seen handcuffing the man, who is not moving.
“To be clear, I am deeply disturbed by Officer Remington’s actions, his use of deadly force in this incident is a clear violation of department policy and directly contradicts multiple aspects of our use of force training,” Magnus said in a press conference Tuesday “As a result, the department moved earlier today to terminate Officer Remington,” he said, adding that the shooting will be reviewed by the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Magnus said medical personnel was called to the scene “but a short time later Mr. Richards was declared dead.” Mike Storie, an attorney for the Tucson Police Officers Association, said: “What you saw was the police department’s edited version of this event, which was cut and pasted pieces of video of this event,” KGUN reported. “He thought it was appropriate at the time he used it and he still does,” Storie added, referring to Remington In a statement, Mayor Regina Romero said: “The actions of the officer involved in last night’s deadly shooting are unconscionable and indefensible. The County Attorney’s Office has my full support as they proceed with their investigation. “It is moments like this that test our resolve to ensure justice and accountability. We owe this to all Tucsonans. I ask our community to remain calm and be patient as investigations ensue,” she added.