To: MJ who wrote (854846 ) 5/6/2015 9:53:50 PM From: joseffy Read Replies (1) | Respond to Obama Praised Baltimore Police He's Now Investigating What's changed?Yet now the Obama Justice Department is investigating the Baltimore police for a "pattern or practice of discriminating" against the black community in "arrests, traffic stops and other operations. " The federal probe is separate from an ongoing federal inquiry into the death of Freddie Gray, which focuses on the alleged misconduct of six Baltimore cops involved in his arrest, half of whom are black.It's absurd to think that black police officers under the direction of a black police chief are inherently biased against young black men. So why does Obama keep charging police bias where mixed-race juries weighing all the evidence conclude there is none? Why does he keep launching investigations into police discrimination and portraying cops as rabid racists? Because these probes provide a political justification for federalizing local police forces. "respecting" black perpetrators and teaching "de-escalation and tactical retreat skills" when confronting them in high-crime areas. Five NYPD cops already are believed to have been shot by African-American criminals in just the past five months. Last week, 25-year-old officer Brian Moore was fatally shot in the head, allegedly by career criminal Demetrius Blackwell, while sitting in his car. African-Americans commit a disproportionately high 40% of all cop-killings — more than three times their representation in the population — yet this administration is forcing local police to lower their guard when dealing with blacks in crime-infested urban areas. are based on the studies of social psychologist Lorie Fridell, who argues legal definitions of unlawful discrimination are "outdated" and should be broadened to include even unquantifiable prejudice against people of color that occurs "outside our conscious awareness." While she admits the link between blacks and violent crime is statistically strong — African-Americans commit 53% of all murders and are 10 times more likely to commit violent crimes than whites — she trains cops to resist that "stereotype" through what the White House calls "counter-stereotyping." recommends banning all criminal profiling that takes a suspect's race into account. By criminalizing crime-fighting, Obama is not only endangering more cops' lives but those of citizens they're sworn to protect. news.investors.com @IBDinvestors on Twitter | InvestorsBusinessDaily on Facebook
