From
CNN Monday, September 16, 2013
(CNN) -- Police in North
Carolina shot and killed a man running toward them Saturday morning -- but he
may have just been looking for help after a car wreck.
Officers responded to a
"breaking and entering" 911 call at a home in Charlotte. The
homeowner told dispatchers that a man had been knocking on her door repeatedly.
Police say that when they
got to the scene, a man matching the caller's description ran toward them.
One of the officers fired
his stun gun, but it was "unsuccessful." Another officer then opened
fire, police said.
Jonathan Ferrell died at
the scene. He was shot several times.
He was unarmed.
Police now believe Ferrell
was seeking assistance after crashing his car.
Ferrell was 24 and a
former football player at Florida A&M University (a historically black public
university in Tallahassee).
Officer Randall Kerrick is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of Jonathan Ferrell
(CNN) -- No sooner had the tiara been
placed atop her head than a barrage of racist tweets flooded the Internet.
"If
you're #Miss America you should have to be American," said one.
"WHEN
WILL A WHITE WOMAN WIN #MISSAMERICA? Ever??!!" screamed another.
Nina Davuluri
is American. She just happens to be of Indian descent. In fact, she's the first
Indian-American to be crowned Miss America.
RECIPE – Suffering Soufflé
(an all-time American favorite)
Take one culture rooted in
Calvinist depravity.
Add convenient scapegoats
designated by race. Wipe away any residual traces of the image of G-d from the formerly
human faces.
Stir in a full measuring cup of
deep denial about inveterate racism.
Add a media whose primary
intent is to whip up and maintain fear in order to sell consumer goods
(Best if you use the Murdoch brand
which deliberately confuses fear-mongering chatter for news.)
Stir in an antiquated amendment
to the Constitution which has lost all of its contextual grounding and become idolatrized.
Now add unlimited weapons from the
world’s largest arms industry with its inexhaustible lobbying funds.
Add a sprinkle of misanthropic “entertainment”
featuring criminal activity (bad boys,
bad boys, what you gonna do?) to provide a blank check for whatever comes
next.
Mix in unlimited and
unquestioned police discretion with little citizen oversight
Now add four human beings,
three white and armed, one black and unarmed.
Blend.
Mop up any excess blood.
Pour into a baking dish greased
with denial.
Bake for 237 years on low to medium heat.
Let cool and serve cold-blooded.
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The Rev. Harry Scott Coverston, J.D., Ph.D.
Member, Florida Bar (inactive
status)
Priest, Episcopal Church (Diocese
of El Camino Real, CA)
Instructor: Humanities,
Religion, Philosophy of Law
University of Central Florida,
Orlando
If the unexamined life is
not worth living, surely an unexamined belief system, be it religious or
political, is not worth holding.
Most things of value do not lend themselves to production in
sound bytes.
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1 comment:
Very clever, Dr. C.
Very clever, indeed.
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