Our country is being pulled in several directions with the war on race and culture. ISIS wants to destroy us as well as others around the world whom do not share their beliefs and others internally want to destroy their fellow countrymen.
Many understand that with a peaceful protest, they will be able to state their reasoning and concerns in a calm and organized manner so that others will stop to listen and either join in, pass the message along, or at least change their views. Others however, take a more violent approach.
We all mourn for the unlawful deaths that occur in our country. No one should need to die trying to do what they feel is right. The Dallas police officers that were injured and killed in last night’s peaceful protest against the unlawful killings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.
According to what I have seen on BBC News, Philando Castile of Minnesota was reaching for his license when he was shot in his vehicle with his girlfriend also inside and bled to death. There is a video of the aftermath of the shooting here for your viewing.
Also according to BBC News, Alton Sterling of Louisiana was shot in the chest and back after being wrestled to the ground. There is a video here showing the confrontation and towards the end you can hear the gunshots.
Whatever confrontation had happened before each incident with the victim or the Officer is now irrelevant. People should be able to follow an Officer's instructions and Officers must have the understanding and remain in control to keep whomever they are investigating and those around them safe in every possible way. I am not saying that one person in either incident was right, what I am saying is that the unlawful violence needs to end and we as the “bigger” generation must be the ones to lead by example.
The killing and injuring of the Officers in Dallas, Texas was an unneeded act of anger towards a single group of people; white Officers. These Officers has nothing to do with the victims in Louisiana or Minnesota and now, it is not only their department that will mourn for them, but also five individual families that will mourn and the families of those that were injured.
From the statements seen on BBC News, this was meant to be a peaceful protest and the Officers were there to protect. The four lone gunmen decided to take matters into their own hands and continued this prejudice rampage our country has fallen into. Let our generation be the ones who will change this nation and launch the nation and its people into a peaceful society.
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