Jay Nixon, the current Governor of Missouri, was the state\’s Attorney General for 16 years.
I have a feeling that the Jay Nixon who existed at that time would be sickened by what the Jay Nixon of today has become.
Yesterday, Nixon called for “A vigorous prosecution” of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. He did so before any evidence has been presented to a Grand Jury – thus before he has any actual knowledge of whether Officer Wilson committed a crime or acted unprofessionally in any way.
But Jay Nixon has not called for the “vigorous prosecution” of the rioters and looters who, with the police cowed into submission and largely standing by while it happens, have turned Ferguson into a paradigm of anarchy and lawlessness; a testament to the premise that crime pays. Unlike Officer Wilson\’s actions, there is no doubt whatsoever about the rioting and looting; we have all seen the video footage night after night.
In this regard, I would like to congratulate al sharpton and jessie Jackson. They have done well here. Their incendiary racial agitation has not only inhibited the police from clearing the streets, but also apparently scared the crap out of Governor Nixon, turning him into their de facto mouthpiece.
What is the Governor afraid of? That if he tells the truth – i.e. we should be waiting for the evidence to come out about Officer Wilson\’s actions, while immediately stopping the rioting and looting which is taking place right in front of our faces – he\’ll be called a racist?
SO WHAT?
The sharptons and jacksons of the world have made careers out of calling people racists. That is what they do. But truth is truth, no matter what epithets they, or any of their likeminded pals, toss out there. And the Governor of a state is, at least on paper, supposed to deal in truth.
If Nixon had the guts to be honest, he would be telling us that only a tiny fraction of Black people in Ferguson, Missouri have had anything to do with the rioting and looting. But, as people see night after night of these crimes being committed exclusively or almost exclusively by Blacks, countless numbers of them are likely to associate these actions with Blacks in general. And he would go after Sharpton, Jackson, and the suckups who cheer them, for facilitating what is taking place in Ferguson by pouring rhetorical gasoline on the flames.
Is it unfair to blame Black people in general for what these idiots are doing? Is it wrong? You bet it is. But do you doubt that it is happening?
Standing up against these street thugs means standing up for every Black person who is not committing their crimes. It is telling the world that it is ridiculous to judge all by the actions of a few. But other than several vague, political-BS mouthings, where has Nixon done that?
The one thin silver lining in this ugly cloud is that Missourians now know how weak, unprincipled and cowardly Governor Nixon is when the chips are down.
I hope, for their sake, they remember it next election day.
