Here is another twist on the Black Lives Matter narrative. And I am sad to say that I didn’t realize the level of distrust that has been built up in the Black community. Baltimore County Police officers shot and killed Korryn Gaines, 23, after she barricaded herself inside her Randallstown apartment with her 5-year-old son and pointed a shotgun at officers attempting to serve an arrest warrant on charges stemming from a March 10 traffic stop, including disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. I can only assume Ms. Gaines was not in her right mind to attempt a gun fight with police, and think all would be well. But she had the where with all to continue posting on Facebook the proceedings; and to put a child at risk based on twisted thinking is the saddest. What makes a person commit crimes against society and think there will be no ramifications; or in this case a minority group that feels as if laws does not matter to them based on skin color? This should not be surprising though based on the weekly police blotters we see on the news and on the web. Simple point, act civilized, do not commit crimes and you won’t be hurt. The government has given all opportunity to better yourself; money, housing the benefit of an education, yet it is squandered.
Gaines’ mother, Rhonda Dormeus, told The Baltimore Sun her daughter ignored Courtney’s pleas to surrender. During a Facebook call Monday, Dormeus said she heard him tell Gaines “it wasn’t worth it, to just come on out,” and then the “phone went dead.” Dormeus went to the scene but wasn’t allowed to speak to her daughter, something she said might have helped calm her daughter and end the situation peacefully.
“I do feel like they didn’t want to hurt her,” Dormeus said. “But I don’t feel like they exhausted all the means of negotiation.”
My final point is, I am not playing the race card, I do not judge all by skin color ,I am not blaming all, but just as the Black Lives Matter Group dislikes all police for a small percentage, don’t you wonder why people other than Blacks shy away because we see every day the lawlessness in the Black community and are fearful that the law will not be upheld ? What do you think?