"There is virtually no self-serving story governments can sell,
unless there are designated victims. Without them, governments would
collapse. Therefore, the idea of raising up victims so they become
self-sufficient is preposterous. No government would ever undertake
that mission. Instead, they have their front-men claim the whole notion
of self-sufficiency is cruel and heartless, a devious myth propagated
by greedy evil men. As the years go by, larger sections of the
population say, "There is a job for me? Work? A paycheck? How dare
you! You're secretly trying to deny my victim status. I know what
you're doing. I'm not falling for it." (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)
AP (
"Police: Fight sparks North Carolina mall shooting; 1 killed"):
"[The mall shooter] was [previously] charged in July 2014 with assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, injury to personal property
and discharging a weapon on occupied property stemming. The disposition
of those charges was not immediately known."
Facts change and new reports are filed and lies are told, but let's
assume for the moment that we have certain true facts about the December
24 mall shooting in North Carolina.
I'll give you several news reports and then make comments.
The Daily Mail (
"Christmas mall gunman identified as rapper called 'Donkey Cartel'"):
"The armed gunman who was killed inside a crowded North Carolina mall on
Christmas Eve has been identified as Daquan Antonio Westbrook, a rapper
who also goes by the name Donkey Cartel."
The Washington Times (
"Rapper Donkey Cartel killed in Charlotte, N.C., mall shooting"):
"Mr. Westbrook 18, was a rapper who performed as 'Donkey Cartel' and
released a mixtape titled 'Convicted Felon With a Weapon,' the cover of
which shows him in a prison cell wearing an orange jumpsuit and making
hand signs."
The Charlotte Observer (
"Police kill teen gunman inside Northlake Mall"):
"Christmas Eve descended into chaos Thursday when shots were fired
between two groups at a north Charlotte mall and a responding off-duty
police officer [reportedly working security at the mall] shot and killed
one of the alleged gunmen.
"Northlake Mall was jammed with last-minute holiday shoppers when an
argument broke out between two groups involved in an ongoing dispute. At
least two of the people involved pulled guns and opened fire, on the
mall's lower level near Dick's Sporting Goods, Charlotte-Mecklenburg
police said.
"Witnesses say hundreds of panicked bystanders screamed and shoved to
get away from the area. Others dove under tables at the nearby food
court.
"Police working at the mall responded. CMPD Chief Kerr Putney said
witnesses told police that when off-duty officer Thomas Ferguson reached
the scene, one of the gunmen turned and pointed his weapon at Ferguson.
"The officer fired his service weapon, Putney said. Daquan Antonio
Westbrook, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene. At an evening news
conference, Putney said police did not know if the teenager fired any
shots at the officer.
"...Records indicate Westbrook had a lengthy criminal record involving guns, drugs and violence.
"...Westbrook's short life featured a long list of criminal charges -
from larceny and drugs to assaults and firearms. In 2014, he was charged
with shooting a 12-year-old in northeast Charlotte. His most recent
arrests took place in October, and were related to drugs, larceny and
resisting arrest."
The Washington Times (
"Rapper Donkey Cartel killed in Charlotte, N.C., mall shooting"):
"Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said at a Thursday
evening news conference that while he could not specifically say the
shooting was gang-related, the altercation involved two groups with a
history of feuding.
"This is not a random act of violence. This is something that happened
between two parties that were beefing back and forth," he said.
"The subjects involved all have a history of gun violence, he said."
WSOCTV provides back story on the earlier 2013 shooting, for which Westbrook was charged (
"Teen charged with shooting 12-year-old boy"):
"Charlotte Mecklenburg police charged Daquan Antonio Westbrook, 17,
Friday in the 2013 shooting of a 12-year-old boy, according to a news
release from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
"On July 07, 2013, officers responded to a shooting on North Pine Street
where they found a 12-year-old boy who was shot in the leg. He was then
taken to the hospital.
"Westbrook was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, two counts of discharging a firearm into occupied
property and damage to property.
"Westbrook remains in custody."
My comments:
Apparently, Westbrook didn't remain in custody. Was he sentenced for
any of the many prior crimes for which he'd been charged? Were there
trials? Verdicts? Plea bargains? Even though he was a minor, he still
could have been given stiff sentences. Does anyone see this as a
problem?
Could Daquan Antonio Donkey Cartel Westbrook have been curtailed by the
justice system, on legitimate grounds, before this mall shooting? On
the surface, it seems so. What exactly happened?
Notice how, in commenting on the Christmas Eve mall shooting, the
Charlotte police chief avoids "gang." These were "groups." With a
"history of feuding." And a "history of gun violence." At the mall,
were they arguing about stock options, interest rates, movie rights to a
book? After years of investigating these boys/men, were the police
still in doubt about what they were? Apparently there is now a
political downside to definitively saying "gang." Does a state lose a a
hundred million dollars of federal money every time one of its
officials utters the g-word?
Well, gangs are a problem, because they have guns and they fire them.
Whenever the President discusses gun control, he seems to avoid
mentioning gangs, despite the fact that they keep shooting people. I'll
take a wild guess: they shoot people more often than, say, gun-owning
ranchers out west. Another guess: the body count gangs compile is
larger than that of the lone mass shooters who grab all the headlines.
Highlighting the gang problem in America has uncomfortable
consequences. It drags into view, by implication, all the years of
federal programs to improve the quality of life in inner cities. We
could be talking about $2 trillion in the vaunted War on Poverty. How
would that look alongside daily media reports of gang shootings (in
which "gang" is emphasized) from coast to coast? People would raise
very uncomfortable questions about the federal government.
And that's not all. In general, gangs are needed to move drugs through
the country. They are contract players for the cartels. Millions of
words have been written, over the years, about the collaboration of
federal agencies (DEA, CIA) with the cartels. Is the government
interested in having those stories resurface and gain new life?
Then there is the sociological angle. The vastly preferred narrative
attributes "inner city crime" to "conditions." No one is really
individually responsible for his actions---all the way up to, and
including, murder. The acceptable government-media-academic story line
is set in stone. The reason? The government has to sell eternal
victimhood in order to sell eternal dependency on government, and
dependency is one of those agendas that must never be disturbed.
Which brings us to the racial dimension. No matter what any President
says or claims, black Americans are being used as a pawn in the victim
scenario. As a symbol. As a poster. To reverse course and highlight
black Americans as individuals with responsibilities (in both a positive
and negative sense) would crash the whole victim stage play. There
are, under the surface, with no media access, many, many black Americans
who DO want to offload the victim plot-line. But that's just too bad.
They must be sacrificed for the greater good of propping up government
as the Omnipresent Parent who will give great gifts to the helpless
populace and ensure A Brighter Day Tomorrow.
Government to the People: "We have to demean you and belittle you and
eat you in order to assist you. We have to destroy the village in order
to save it."
Of course they do.
Gangs keep communities in fearful chaos. Chaos is, therefore, good. It
helps sustain the manufacture of victims, so the symbolic story
government wants to tell can continue to be told.
Black lives matter? From the government's point of view, yes, but only
when black lives are perceived as utterly helpless---and that must never
change.
As usual, government leaders are engaged in a massive piece of con
artistry. And when the propaganda and the bullets fly, who do you think
is mainly scheduled to be caught in the crossfire?
We're looking at a bait and switch, plain and simple.
To repeat: "We'll help you as long as you need to be helped. And, by the way, we'll make sure that need lasts. Forever."
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