[quote="Floridatexan"]Linda, I don't think we're miles apart at all. I believe I did watch the whole thing...remember that his brother was in the background and making a general nuisance of himself. Imagine if Lumon May had been arrested. What would the PNJ do with that? I don't believe that the officer had a reason to stop him. His behavior would not prompt me to write a letter of condemnation...it really wouldn't. I've had quite a few letters published by the PNJ, but now I'm not even a subscriber, because they've made it harder for the majority to afford their "news"; because they didn't keep the best and brightest on their staff; and because there is a certain slant that I don't appreciate. That's my perception as a former ad rep and one-time member of the local Press Club.
I have transcribed this for you. I don't even know the name of the lady who gave this speech or the venue in which it was presented, but here is an excerpt:
"I want every white person in this room who would be happy to be treated as this society in general treats our citizens...our black citizens...if you, as a white person, would be happy to receive the same treatment that our black citizens do in this society, please stand.
You didn't understand the directions. If you white folks want to be treated the way blacks are treated in this society, stand.
Nobody's standing here.
That says very plainly that you know what's happening. You know you don't want it for you. I want to know why you're so willing to accept it or to allow it to happen for others."/quote]
FT, first of all please let me correct a misconception that Seaoat may have inadvertently planted here, though I thought I had made it clear: I did NOT write a letter to the PNJ complaining about Commissioner May; I wrote it to MY Commissioner Grover Robinson in an email. And I made the large mistake of copying it here in a thread about the traffic stop and video that someone started at the time, to express my opinion to the forum members about Lumon's appalling behavior, which error I doubt I will ever make again when it comes to any matter involving a minority, for obvious reasons.
The excerpt you posted above is totally understandable but also totally irrelevant to my entire point, which is that Commissioner May should be treated -- and judged -- by the EXACT SAME STANDARDS to which I would hold ANY OTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONER of ANY RACE -- and that's a higher standard than the average person of any race, because he's an elected official. I would hope Lumon May would actually appreciate that, but I could be wrong, since I don't know him.
But look, once more, my entire point is NOT about the likelihood of an unfair, profiling traffic stop. It IS about May's reaction thereto. PERIOD. Why is this so hard for you and others to grasp? Remember what your mommy taught you? Two wrongs do not make a right.
Too bad Micah X. Johnson didn't embrace that concept.
OK so you saw the whole video, or most of it, and you apparently weren't at all bothered by May's behavior; perhaps you even applauded it. That does, in my book, put us miles apart, FT.
But I'll ask you one more time the questions you opted not to answer:
If so [if you did see the whole video], do you approve of the way he acted? Do his attitude and behavior make you proud that he's a county commissioner in our area?
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