[Peace-discuss] A Comparative Tale of Two Cop Killers - The Millers VS Ismaaiyl Brinsley

[David Johnson via Peace-discuss]

Submitted by Mr. Davey D on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 22:06 

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A Comparative Tale of Two Cop Killers - The Millers VS Ismaaiyl Brinsley

by Davey D

Police departments all over the country have put themselves on high alert,
talking about safety concerns and how they can handle things differently...
Many of these departments will be sending officers to NY for the funerals of
the two were ambushed...

Its important that folks look back at how police departments publicly
responded in the aftermath of two ambushes that took place in June of this
year (2014).. The most notable one involves convicted felon Jerad Miller and
his wife Amanda who hung out at Cliven Bundy ranch in Nevada where several
dozen angry folks who were protesting the government's attempt to evict
Bundy from the federal grounds he had leased but did not pay rent for.. The
protestors had an armed stand off with over 200 police officers who
attempted to move Bundy. The Millers were hoping the Bundy Ranch would be
the jump off for armed rebellions against police.

The Miller couple felt that Bundy's people weren't radical enough. They
described the police as oppressors and upon leaving the ranch, they went out
to set off a revolution. The pair had long talked about wanting to kill
cops. Armed with body armor and packed to the hilt, the pair ambushed two
Las Vegas Metro cops who were eating lunch in a diner.

After they killed the cops Jerad Miller shot off several rounds in the air
and loudly declared the revolution was on..They also draped a Gadsden flag
on one of the officer's bodies. The Revolutionary War flag and its slogan,
"Don't Tread on Me," was adopted by the Tea Party movement. The couple later
engaged in a 15 minute shoot out with police in which they died.

In the aftermath of the Miller cop killings, there were no police union reps
like Patrick Lynch making public assertions even within police oriented
publications, that lambasted the Tea Party Movement, the Open Carry Movement
or even the movement around Cliven Bundy...There was no public accusation
about any of these movements having blood on their hands. You can check for
yourself here's a link.. http://bit.ly/13wsI18

What's even more interesting is if you look at the comment section you see
fellow law enforcement folks decrying rogue officers who they said
mishandled the Bundy ranch situation by killing two of his prized cattle.

Its important to have this information especially as we see skittish
politicians now rushing to get in line and back up the hateful, threatening
rhetoric of police union reps like Lynch. To my knowledge there has been no
armed stand offs with police and folks protesting the killings of unarmed
Black folks like Mike Brown, Eric Garner or Tamir Rice. There have been no
attempts to push the envelop by exercising the right to open carry laws
within these protests. Yet we have police departments on tactical alert all
over the country and from what I could tell relative calm even after militia
folks took them out..

We also don't see apologies of any sort directed toward the police from Tea
Party and Open Carry folks and anti-government movements who the miller
associated themselves with...

Pay close attention to journalists and media outlets who are framing the
story in such a way that the police accountability movement is somehow at
fault. Get their names, make note of how they talk about things and hold
them accountable the same way we are pushing to hold police accountable.
Also note moving forward, folks will have to end their dependency on
corporate media which has made it clear who they are gonna be mouthpieces
for..

In the meantime shoutout to the good #blacklivesmatter folks in Minneapolis
who shut down the Great mall of America. Shout out to folks like Sellassie
Blackwell who held police accountability rallies in SF and the folks who
came out to support Justice for Alex Nieto all in the aftermath of the
slayings in NY.. In short folks have not and should not stop demanding
justice..If there have been any other actions or upcoming actions feel free
to share

 

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