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What do Washington and Beaufort County have in common with Sanford, Florida?
Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.
Answer: Very much.
It is ironic how seemingly disparate bits and pieces sometimes actually fit together.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Al Sharpton has announced that he will call for an escalation of civil disobedience if George Zimmerman is not arrested soon.
However, Clickorlando.com is reporting that a local NAACP chapter president rejected Sharpton's actions and exhortations. It is reported that the NAACP will hold a rally in Sanford Saturday. The Rev. Jesse Jackson also plans to attend.
At both links above you can find numerous links to other stories from central Florida on the issue.
Within just the past week we have received eleven solicitations for money from eight different organizations on whom's email list we exist. All are asking us to send them money so they can pursue justice for Trayvon. Sort of reminds us of the old Hank Williams country music song about the TV preacher who asks you to "send your money to the Lord, but he gives you his address."
It does seem to us that there are a number of people and groups trying to exploit the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, not the least of which was Barack Obama, as he did in the Cambridge "stupid cops" incident but not in the death of our Border Patrol agents.
So its easy to just dismiss much of this, including the way the Elite Media has handled the story, with a jaundiced eye. But that would not be wise. Simpler and more comfortable perhaps, but not wise.
We are also on Ada Fisher's email distribution list. Dr. Fisher is one of North Carolina's representatives to the Republican National Committee. We have had a high regard for Dr. Fisher's thinking and writing for some time, probably because she is a common sense, no-nonsense conservative but her Friday email we found very compelling. Here it is:
Trayvon Martin could be any of our sons
Riding his bike on his way to the library up the street on Fulton Avenue in a reasonably upscale neighborhood of Salisbury, NC not far from home, my then sixteen year old son was accosted finding a police car in front of him and one behind his bike. Seems that two white males had accused some black kid of something and my youngest son was stopped, asked to get in the police car and taken to the country club to be paraded before these kids who said they were harassed. Without a chance to call me, he was profiled simply because he is black appearing though he is a Native American and had on a burgundy paisley printed shirt not a solid burgundy one the accusers had described.
The outrage surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin is reverberating through the heart and soul of the African American community for no matter our political stripes; all of us know implicitly that the rules are not the same for blacks and whites when it comes to our juvenile males. Statistics bear this out. Most of us who are African American parents try to tell our kids that the 'sag and drag' look with their pants or the 'hoodies' of the hood add unnecessarily to the scary perception and portrayal of them as counter culture and trouble bound. We let them know that the crowd they hang with can get them killed even if they are innocent. We tell them you can be at the wrong place at the wrong time and get killed or hurt, but so too can you if you are minding your own business in the right place as my son was to learn.
Whenever I have seen a young male spread against the police car, he is usually black whose appearance seems threatening to many. Many of our youth do drugs but so too do parents and those hammering at the door to legalize marijuana? But that is no reason to smear a victim of a crime.
What justification can there be for putting a contract or wanted poster out on George Zimmerman, the accused shooter, with a $10,000 bounty by "The New Black Panthers"? This should be against the law and subject to an FBI probe. This case does not give the media the right to try this case in the courtroom of public opinion in leaking titillating bits of the story in a manner certain to sell papers while fueling racial fires. How can fair trials be had or an impartial jury fielded when the information needed isn't secured until trial? Though he rightfully apologized, Spike Lee had no right to tweet out an address thought to be Zimmerman's which could have gotten the accused shooter or the people mistakenly identified hurt. The pimping preachers constantly seeking publicity and an opportunity to be the spokesmen for all things black or the congressional member describing the deceased as being hunted down without the full story disclosed or the premature statements by the NAACP do a disservice to their causes in not insisting upon the rule of law being applied with all deliberate speed rather than fanning the flames of racism without a hearing, an arrest or proper investigation of the matter.
To Fox News and others criticizing the rush to judgment by some in the African American community regarding the death of Trayvon Martin, I do understand the swelling outcry against the failure to arrest the shooter and bind him over for a trial. My letter to my city on the handling of the mess with my son and other things I've seen regarding our youth who are handled less than admirably before they often have a hearing on accusations, didn't get a full citizen board investigation about things pointed out.
As a gun owner and one who passed a conceal carry class, this case is not about the gun laws, but about one armed man and one unarmed young man in a nation increasingly taking up sides rather than letting the law run its course. I've always said I believe in the right to bear arms unless that gun is pointed at me when I maintain my right to defend myself.
Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a physician, author, gifted public speaker, licensed teacher for secondary education in mathematics and science, previously elected school board member and is the NC Republican National Committeewoman. Contact her at P. O. Box 777; Salisbury, NC 28145; drfisher@dradamfisher.com. Pending book - Common Sense Conservative Prescriptions Solutions Good for What Ails Us, Book I from amazone.com publishers.
We don't think Dr. Fisher's commentary needs amplification. It is quite sufficient. But on another note we do feel compelled to point out that we find it disturbing that the Al Sharpton's and Jesse Jackson's have not raised their voices as much about the Black on Black crime that kills far, far more young blacks than white or Hispanic shooters come close to doing. That certainly does not justify any wrongful shooting of anyone, but it does speak to the relative difference in the real problems some of these race pimps choose to seek attention about.
And finally we want to fit yet another piece into this commentary.
We do agree with many of those, like Dr. Fisher, who point out that blacks are in fact discriminated against by police. We see it in our daily business of reporting local news right here in Beaufort County. Over and over again. And if you doubt that, just go sit in a Beaufort County court room for a few hours, particularly when they're doing calendar call and you'll see exactly what we're talking about.
Go back and read some of our stories about the Washington Police Department and City Council refusing to disclose documents and videos of police activity that the public has a right and need to know about, including the stopping of our County Sheriff by Washington Police but no charges ever being filed. The prima facie case can be simply made with one fact: Both the Washington Police and Beaufort County Sheriff's Department have for over two years now refused to disclose the records of complaints that have been made against members of their departments. What more need be said?
Transparency is what we're talking about. Or, more precisely, the lack of transparency by law enforcement. And it is just as bad right here in Beaufort County as it is in Sanford, Florida or where Dr. Fisher lives. But it does not afflict just young black males. It is just as bad for Gary Gautier and Carter Leary as it was for Dr. Fisher's son.
This lack of transparency breeds suspicion and distrust. That is what is happening in Florida and that is the fuel that Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the Black Panthers and the other race baiters and pimps are trying to take advantage of.
Law enforcement right here in Beaufort County ought to take a lesson from what is happening in Florida.
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Answer: Very much.
It is ironic how seemingly disparate bits and pieces sometimes actually fit together.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Al Sharpton has announced that he will call for an escalation of civil disobedience if George Zimmerman is not arrested soon.
However, Clickorlando.com is reporting that a local NAACP chapter president rejected Sharpton's actions and exhortations. It is reported that the NAACP will hold a rally in Sanford Saturday. The Rev. Jesse Jackson also plans to attend.
At both links above you can find numerous links to other stories from central Florida on the issue.
Within just the past week we have received eleven solicitations for money from eight different organizations on whom's email list we exist. All are asking us to send them money so they can pursue justice for Trayvon. Sort of reminds us of the old Hank Williams country music song about the TV preacher who asks you to "send your money to the Lord, but he gives you his address."
It does seem to us that there are a number of people and groups trying to exploit the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, not the least of which was Barack Obama, as he did in the Cambridge "stupid cops" incident but not in the death of our Border Patrol agents.
So its easy to just dismiss much of this, including the way the Elite Media has handled the story, with a jaundiced eye. But that would not be wise. Simpler and more comfortable perhaps, but not wise.
We are also on Ada Fisher's email distribution list. Dr. Fisher is one of North Carolina's representatives to the Republican National Committee. We have had a high regard for Dr. Fisher's thinking and writing for some time, probably because she is a common sense, no-nonsense conservative but her Friday email we found very compelling. Here it is:
Riding his bike on his way to the library up the street on Fulton Avenue in a reasonably upscale neighborhood of Salisbury, NC not far from home, my then sixteen year old son was accosted finding a police car in front of him and one behind his bike. Seems that two white males had accused some black kid of something and my youngest son was stopped, asked to get in the police car and taken to the country club to be paraded before these kids who said they were harassed. Without a chance to call me, he was profiled simply because he is black appearing though he is a Native American and had on a burgundy paisley printed shirt not a solid burgundy one the accusers had described.
The outrage surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin is reverberating through the heart and soul of the African American community for no matter our political stripes; all of us know implicitly that the rules are not the same for blacks and whites when it comes to our juvenile males. Statistics bear this out. Most of us who are African American parents try to tell our kids that the 'sag and drag' look with their pants or the 'hoodies' of the hood add unnecessarily to the scary perception and portrayal of them as counter culture and trouble bound. We let them know that the crowd they hang with can get them killed even if they are innocent. We tell them you can be at the wrong place at the wrong time and get killed or hurt, but so too can you if you are minding your own business in the right place as my son was to learn.
Whenever I have seen a young male spread against the police car, he is usually black whose appearance seems threatening to many. Many of our youth do drugs but so too do parents and those hammering at the door to legalize marijuana? But that is no reason to smear a victim of a crime.
What justification can there be for putting a contract or wanted poster out on George Zimmerman, the accused shooter, with a $10,000 bounty by "The New Black Panthers"? This should be against the law and subject to an FBI probe. This case does not give the media the right to try this case in the courtroom of public opinion in leaking titillating bits of the story in a manner certain to sell papers while fueling racial fires. How can fair trials be had or an impartial jury fielded when the information needed isn't secured until trial? Though he rightfully apologized, Spike Lee had no right to tweet out an address thought to be Zimmerman's which could have gotten the accused shooter or the people mistakenly identified hurt. The pimping preachers constantly seeking publicity and an opportunity to be the spokesmen for all things black or the congressional member describing the deceased as being hunted down without the full story disclosed or the premature statements by the NAACP do a disservice to their causes in not insisting upon the rule of law being applied with all deliberate speed rather than fanning the flames of racism without a hearing, an arrest or proper investigation of the matter.
To Fox News and others criticizing the rush to judgment by some in the African American community regarding the death of Trayvon Martin, I do understand the swelling outcry against the failure to arrest the shooter and bind him over for a trial. My letter to my city on the handling of the mess with my son and other things I've seen regarding our youth who are handled less than admirably before they often have a hearing on accusations, didn't get a full citizen board investigation about things pointed out.
As a gun owner and one who passed a conceal carry class, this case is not about the gun laws, but about one armed man and one unarmed young man in a nation increasingly taking up sides rather than letting the law run its course. I've always said I believe in the right to bear arms unless that gun is pointed at me when I maintain my right to defend myself.
Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a physician, author, gifted public speaker, licensed teacher for secondary education in mathematics and science, previously elected school board member and is the NC Republican National Committeewoman. Contact her at P. O. Box 777; Salisbury, NC 28145; drfisher@dradamfisher.com. Pending book - Common Sense Conservative Prescriptions Solutions Good for What Ails Us, Book I from amazone.com publishers.
We don't think Dr. Fisher's commentary needs amplification. It is quite sufficient. But on another note we do feel compelled to point out that we find it disturbing that the Al Sharpton's and Jesse Jackson's have not raised their voices as much about the Black on Black crime that kills far, far more young blacks than white or Hispanic shooters come close to doing. That certainly does not justify any wrongful shooting of anyone, but it does speak to the relative difference in the real problems some of these race pimps choose to seek attention about.
And finally we want to fit yet another piece into this commentary.
We do agree with many of those, like Dr. Fisher, who point out that blacks are in fact discriminated against by police. We see it in our daily business of reporting local news right here in Beaufort County. Over and over again. And if you doubt that, just go sit in a Beaufort County court room for a few hours, particularly when they're doing calendar call and you'll see exactly what we're talking about.
Go back and read some of our stories about the Washington Police Department and City Council refusing to disclose documents and videos of police activity that the public has a right and need to know about, including the stopping of our County Sheriff by Washington Police but no charges ever being filed. The prima facie case can be simply made with one fact: Both the Washington Police and Beaufort County Sheriff's Department have for over two years now refused to disclose the records of complaints that have been made against members of their departments. What more need be said?
Transparency is what we're talking about. Or, more precisely, the lack of transparency by law enforcement. And it is just as bad right here in Beaufort County as it is in Sanford, Florida or where Dr. Fisher lives. But it does not afflict just young black males. It is just as bad for Gary Gautier and Carter Leary as it was for Dr. Fisher's son.
This lack of transparency breeds suspicion and distrust. That is what is happening in Florida and that is the fuel that Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the Black Panthers and the other race baiters and pimps are trying to take advantage of.
Law enforcement right here in Beaufort County ought to take a lesson from what is happening in Florida.
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