by Geoffrey Churchman
If there’s one thing that Mainstream Media News loves, it’s violence; they are attracted to it like moths to a flame — much more exciting than the daily Jacinda adulation.
Yet another in the infrequent but appalling race-motivated executions by thug cops in America has seen a wave of street protests in its major cities, some of which have inevitably involved violent incidents, not on the scale of the L.A. riots of 1992, but certainly enough to dominate the news bulletins there and here.
There are some intriguing differences with this latest incident, however, and skeptics are starting to pose alternative scenarios, like those on this webpage which begins:
Who benefits from the death of George Floyd?
The answer, of course, is that the forces of chaos and destruction (i.e. anti-American, anti-Trump) benefit from his murder. The more chaos and destruction is unleashed during this election year, the more the media hypes up the disaster and assigns blame to President Trump. Logically, it’s absurd, since President Trump had nothing to do with the murder of George Floyd. But emotionally, the media propaganda messaging whips up fear, anger and frustration — emotions that will largely be translated into anti-Trump sentiment in the coming elections.
There have been several similar incidents where genuine social protests against the forces of the state have been hijacked by anarchists and the ultra-violent Hard Left organisation Antifa to maximize destruction and mayhem in central cities.
That’s America — but there are aspects to all this which have a local relevance. One is that a small number of cops like Derek Chauvin of Minneapolis are sure to exist in NZ, too. Another is that Jacinda and Stuart Nash’s intended constant arming of the police will create more opportunities to kill disliked petty crims easily — as long as they have a weapon (not necessarily a gun), a case can be made for needing to shoot them dead that a judge will accept. And the most disturbing aspect is that statistically, Maori and Pasifika are likely to feature disproportionately.
Would there be a reaction here like that in America? Depending on the particular circumstances, it’s likely and would work to the advantage of an authoritarian government like the one we have at present.
Update: statement by President Trump on 1 June (US time):
You seem to be buying into the Far-Left/Establishment media narrative on a few key points. You are assuming that the ‘thug cop’ was racially motivated to kill Floyd. Perhaps he was, but presently there is no basis for making the assumption. Blacks are disproportionately responsible for crime, particularly violent crime, so the number coming to grief when interacting with police is naturally going to be disproportionate.
What video clips have been shown of the lead-up to Floyd’s death seem cut off, and there remains the question as to the extent (if any) Floyd had been resisting.
Unarmed Whites comprise the majority of those killed by police.
Of course Blacks are disproportionately the victims – but this is due to their disproportionate involvement in criminality.
In 2018 49% of unarmed victims of police were Whites; 36% Blacks; 20% Hispanic. In 2019 the figures were 46.3% , 22%, 14.6%; or 9 Blacks, 19 Whites, and 6 Hispanics.
Obviously one is unlikely to hear of White victims, and definitely nothing at all will result in regard to protests in support of Whites killed.
Who heard anything in 2017 about Justine Damond for example? Soon forgotten.
Statistically, Black officers are just as likely to shoot Blacks as White officers.
In regard to the website quote, it might be added that Black Lives Matter is funded by George Soros and other oligarchic sponsors of the Left. Nothing surprising there.
Jacinda, Andrew Little and Stuart Nash probably assume that Extreme Left groups such as Antifa are on their side — the reality is that they have no more time for her than they have for conservatives and nationalists — their agenda is highly radical. Just like Blacks in America, Maori disproportionately feature in crime both as perpetrators and victims– that is the disturbing aspect, despite the billions of dollars of race based funding they get every year. Why? Don’t expect any objective unemotional analysis of that major question from this government and its supporters.