tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350537184133713788.post6735874191442228395..comments2023-01-28T08:32:40.193-08:00Comments on The Martinshushu Blog: The Rope-A-Dope Debate v1.0Martinshushuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665054968539745600noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350537184133713788.post-38009938189960757492016-10-01T11:27:08.068-07:002016-10-01T11:27:08.068-07:00Dear Mick Kleber. Please know that I was born and...Dear Mick Kleber. Please know that I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, the Volunteer State. My great uncle was sheriff of another small city in Tennessee. My cousin retired a Nashville Metro police Lieutenant. Literally every male member of my family served in the military. One Uncle who landed at Sword Beach Normandy in 1944, taught me how to shoot a rifle when I was eight years old. Officer Vinson in Charlotte was confronted with a very difficult situation demanding a split second decision. The tragic recurrence of gun violence in America needs to be dealt with fairly and now. Let’s look at the very accurate data from the gunviolencearchive [dot] org. So far in 2016 there have been 493 children (age 0-11) killed or injured by gunshot. For teens (age 12-17) the count is 2302 killed or injured by gunshot. Overall so far in 2016, there have been 10,886 gunshot deaths and 22,578 gunshot injuries. If Officer Vinson is exonerated, I do apologize for using the “gunshot lynching” words, and I agree that we all should be very, very careful in what we say and write in public forum. Playwright Jean Genet said it best, “Words are wolves!” Martinshushuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665054968539745600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350537184133713788.post-11700603523185846922016-09-30T03:07:13.045-07:002016-09-30T03:07:13.045-07:00Characterizing the fatal shooting by Officer Brent...Characterizing the fatal shooting by Officer Brentley Vinson of Keith Cook as "a Charlotte cop gunshot lynched a black man" smacks of an irresponsibly bombastic rush to judgment. All the evidence in this case has yet to be publicly presented, and until the investigation is complete and all the facts are known, it behooves anyone who claims to support the rule of law to refrain from rhetorically lynching the policeman involved. The unjustified use of deadly force by police in our nation -- especially against racial and ethnic minorities -- is an extremely serious issue that must be conscientiously addressed at all levels of government to ensure that every citizen's constitutional rights are honored. This process demands unbiased, intelligent assessment of dangerously complex situations and level-headed, professionally appropriate responses. Donald Trump's draconian vision of "law and order" plays fast and loose with this process and the underlying civil liberties guaranteed to all. Among them is the right of presumed innocence. Tarring Brentley Vinson at this point with emotionally inflammatory lingo that presumes racially motivated criminal guilt ("lynch") stoops to Trump's level and is ill-suited to the productive promotion of respect for the rule of law.Mick Klebernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350537184133713788.post-61115778176825975502016-09-29T18:52:37.852-07:002016-09-29T18:52:37.852-07:00When he speaks of Law and Order I think he wants N...When he speaks of Law and Order I think he wants Nazi Brown Shirts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747581533614713138noreply@blogger.com