Demitrius Blackwell: The man who shot Brian Moore. |
Dylan will use this blog for various projects in Mr. Varley's World News class in the 2014 to 2015 school year.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Why Are There No Protests for This?
According to BBC, a New York police officer by the name Brian Moore had been shot in the face on May 2, 2015. Sadly, Moore passed away on May 4, 2015. The suspect in his shooting goes by the name of Demitrius Blackwell. Blackwell was charged with attempted murder on Sunday. However, due to the new information about Moore's passing, Blackwell will most likely be facing other, more severe charges. Blackwell had opened fire after Moore and a few other officers, all in plain clothes, approached him on suspicions that he possessed an illegal firearm. Moore was only 25 when he was shot and killed. He was no slouch either. Officer Moore managed to arrest approximately 150 criminals in the time frame of about five years. His actions on the force granted him with meritorious service medals. However, on May 2, that one last arrest stop was never completed by Moore after seeing Blackwell adjust his waistband, a motion that caused the plain clothes police officers to believe he had an illegal handgun tucked into his waistband. Blackwell is being held without bail and has yet to state a plea. My only question for this action is, why are people not rioting against this? All the time Americans see news stories of protests for "police brutality," yet when a police officer is murdered, there is absolute silence. This silence infuriates me and I cannot believe the double standard the Americans hold. People claim that all of the police shootings are racist in nature, as most are a white officer shooting a black criminal, but when a black criminal shoots a white officer, no one seems to care. Clearly these protests are not racial, but instead all colors of skin against the color blue (police officers). Everyone seems to be against police and will do anything to give them a bad name, but when something terrible happens to police, the news that out with more "police brutality" and, as of recently, the Baltimore riots. I am just astounded by the utter ignorance and double standards that people hold when it comes to the police. My prayers go out to all of the police officers in this great country and I hope they make it home safely.
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