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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Killing of a Black needs investigation, but what about Looting by Blacks?

There is news that in America in the city of Ferguson a young 18 year old black boy named Micheal Brown was shot dead by a policeman. The incident has acted as a ignition point and many people have questioned the approach of the police. Perhaps they have a point in this as the US police is trigger happy. In life everything is not cut and dried and once when you examine an incident a different perspective emerges. It is now known through a video that Brown had stolen cigarettes from a convenience store and threatened the owner. This makes very sad news. The boy in all probability would have done such acts earlier though I am sure it cannot be proved, but can anyone say that this was the first crime committed by the black boy ?
The shooting needs to be investigated, but the reaction of the blacks to the killing by starting a looting campaign is inexcusable. My friend has informed that gangs of blacks began a systematic looting of the stores and shops and many shop owners had to arm themselves against this black hooliganism. Why should blacks start all this? This makes sad reading and I agree with Governor Jay Nixon that curfew had to be imposed. In curfew it's the job of the police to maintain law and order and nobody should fault them if they shoot a few more blacks indulging in looting. Yes, all shooting incidents need to be investigated, but who will justify Black looting ?

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