Yesterday morning, in the wake of the incident in Tulsa where Terence
Crutcher was killed near his stalled SUV, Hillary said this in
an interview with Steve Harvey.
And
we’ve got to tackle systemic racism – this horrible shooting again. How
many times do we have to see this in our country? In Tulsa, an unarmed
man with his hands in the air? I mean, this is just unbearable, and it
needs to be intolerable.
And so maybe I can, by speaking directly
to white people, say, look, this is not who we are. We’ve got to do
everything possible to improve policing, to go right at implicit bias.
There are good, honorable, cool-headed police officers. We have seen
them in action in New York over the last 48 hours because of the
terrorist attacks. We can do better. We have got to rein in what is
absolutely inexplicable. And we have got to have law enforcement respect
communities and communities respect law enforcement because they have
to work together.
Terence Crutcher was a dad of four whose car, an SUV kid-ferrying vehicle, broke down. And now this ... tonight.
CHARLOTTE,
N.C. -- A chaotic scene has erupted in the night in North Charlotte
after an African-American man was shot and killed in an officer-involved
shooting.
Police say they were serving an outstanding warrant
when they came upon Keith Lamont Scott in his car. They say Scott got
out, had a gun on him, and put the officers in imminent danger. Officer
Brentley Vinson shot Scott.
"Man was in his truck, reading a book waiting for his kid to come home," said a man on scene. "Cops shot him, for nothing."
Emergency
services were called to the scene where they transported Scott to
Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
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This was the first thing I saw ... on Twitter. This is Charlotte - tonight.
Then this.
#KeithLamontScott
is trending on Twitter right now as I type. No news organization
covered this in the late evening news nor is any cable outlet there on
the streets of Charlotte reporting. They are repeating earlier shows
about the election and about the NY-NJ bomber. You can go through the
Twitterfeed yourself and see what people are saying. Keith Lamont Scott, a disabled dad, was sitting in his car reading a book - - perceived (?) to have been (in an open carry state) - who knows how - while waiting for his child's school bus.
Meanwhile, on cable news, Donald Trump is saying African-American communities are in "the worst
shape that they've ever been in before ever, ever, ever." Apparently he
is so smart that he skipped the grades where they learned about slavery
and Jim Crow. Surely, privileged as he is, he never rode in cars through the Jim Crow South as a kid. I did. He never saw it first hand or drank from the wrong fountain.
We have a lot to talk about in this country. The
news channels tonight should have been covering this story rather than
Trump's words. John King was on with Anderson Cooper talking about
Charlotte and apparently was unaware of this upheaval in the streets of that
city due to another killing. How can that be for an organization that does nothing but news?
Finally! At 1:23 EDT CNN covers this. Not really - announces it.
Hillary Clinton is ready to talk about this. Hillary, in fact is
ready for anything, including Donald Trump and all of his threats
against her and everyone else.
There are no magic wands and there is no "messiah" who is
the only one
who can simply say a magic word and stop terrorism or street violence
whether it be police overreaction or gang related. One candidate has
plans and task forces in place to address these issues. She refuses to
overpromise, but she promises to work hard on these issues and others for
all of us.
Here is what the past four
days demonstrate: Sometimes it is a really good thing that police have
military-grade equipment - NY and NJ. Without that gear, more bombs
might have detonated and more people might have been hurt. When those
injuries happened, mysteriously, no one asked the races or religions of
the victims. We were just glad they were saved. Other times, when
people are angry and take to the streets, overuse of that equipment can
exacerbate the situation. Also, sometimes, it is hard to discern the
good guys from the bad, but when the whole neighborhood is out - let's
assume they are not all the bad guys. Let's be careful in our
assessments. Careful. And let's be careful when we vote. Hillary got out in front of the issues here with plans that she made public and with expert teams.
Here is what we know about Hillary: She will reach out to the Crutcher and Scott families. She will ask what she can do.
