Originally posted by Pirate6711:
I don't know if it's on this thread or another in this forum, but we definitely agree on the divisiveness of the current political environment. But this shooting should be blamed on the nut who pulled the trigger. Trying to drag in politicians will just further divide people instead of focusing on preventing heinous crimes like this.
One of the many unfortunate things is the murderer took the easy way out and killed himself before any real punishment could have been handed out.
Politicians are elected as leaders and have a responsibility during times like this. IMO, they have failed to do so. There is a long list that absolutely should be blamed for escalating the divisive climate that enabled this nut to react.
Garner
It was clear that the prosecutor asked for a charge for indictment that would be difficult, if not impossible to get. Where was DiBlasio, Holder, Cuomo, etc., at the start of that process either counseling or recommending to the prosecutor to go for a lesser charge that would have likely led to indictment? There is no way that any of these so-called leaders didn't have visibility into the process or could have influenced it to hold the prosecutor accountable. This is all about keeping your ass out of traffic. The easy thing to do is sit on the sideline and comment on the failures of the process after the grand jury makes their ruling, which is what they all did.
Brown
Holder and his office were all over Fergusson and certainly knew and read all of the witness testimony weeks before the Grand Jury decision came down. It should have been pretty obvious when several witnesses corroborated Wilson's story along with the laws on the books in Missouri that enable an officer to use deadly force when they feel their life is in danger, that there was no way an indictment was going to be handed down. Instead of taking those precious days and weeks before the announcement to pre-emptively prepare the public by educating them on the process and potential outcomes (and why), the leadership (Holder, Obama, the Governor of Missouri, McCullough, etc.) all did nothing to prevent the public response that occurred. Even after the announcement they all did absolutely nothing to bring people together.
How about political leaders diffusing the racial overtones (since there was no proof or evidence that either one of these incidents were racial in nature)?
How about reaching out to the major news networks in advance to report the facts and implore them to not fan the potential of riots?
At the end of the day, do you think that Obama, Holder, McCullough, DiBlasio, Jay Nixon can look in the mirror and say "I did everything I could to prevent the violence, looting and death of these officers". IMO, they didn't by a long shot.
