Louisiana Policeman: We want black folk to be scared!

Nock the Blogger — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:39:08 +0000

One of the most frightening things that happens to corrupt governments is when the police or armed forces begin oppressing the citizenry, just to scare them. That very thing happened in Louisiana recently, in Homer. The Homer police apparently stormed into Bernard Monroe’s house chasing Shawn Monroe. Moments later, Bernard Monroe, age 73, was dead of multiple gunshot wounds. The officers claim they acted in defense, the family claims it was cold-blooded murder. But the most shocking part was this:

“People here are afraid of the police,” said Terry Willis, vice president of the Homer branch of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. “They harass black people, they stop people for no reason and rough them up without charging them with anything.”

That is how it should be, responded Homer Police Chief Russell Mills, who noted the high rates of gun and drug arrests in the neighborhood.

“If I see three or four young black men walking down the street, I have to stop them and check their names,” said Mills, who is white. “I want them to be afraid every time they see the police that they might get arrested.

It doesn’t get any scarier than that. Take away the man’s badge immediately. It’s a bad sign when your policemen sound just as bad as your KKK members.

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Louisiana Policeman: We want black folk to be scared!