The following is an e-mail, sent to me by an ex-police officer in Philadelphia

Subject: Fwd: Police officers killed

 

    Does anyone remember Detective Melvin Santiago?  He was a Jersey City police officer  who was shot to death just a month ago, on July 13th.   Santiago was  white.  His killer, Lawrence Campbell, was black.  Does anyone    recall Obama appearing on national television and calling for justice for  Officer Santiagos family?  Does anyone recall Eric Holder rushing to  Jersey City to see that justice was done?    

    How about Officer Jeffrey  Westerfield.  He was a Gary, Indiana police officer who was shot to death  on July 6th.  Westerfield was white.  His killer, Carl    LeEllis Blount, Jr. was black.  Where was Obama?  Where was  Holder?                           

    Or Officer Perry Renn?  He was an Indianapolis, Indiana  police officer who was shot to death  on July 5th, the day before Officer Westerfield was killed.  Officer Renn was white.  His    killer, Major Davis, was black.  I don't recall any mention by Obama    about the untimely death of Officer Renn.  And, I doubt that Eric Holder    rushed to Indianapolis to make sure justice was done.  Or, maybe I just  missed it.

    Vermillion Parish Deputy Sheriff Allen Bares was gunned down    by two men June 23rd in Louisiana.  Deputy Bares was  white.  His 2 killers, Quintlan Richard and Baylon Taylor, were black.  Was Obama outraged?  Did Eric Holder rush to Louisiana to make sure that the family of Deputy Bares found justice?          

    In Texas, Detective Charles Dinwiddie of the Killeen (Texas) Police Department was murdered  by Marvin Lewis Guy, a black male.  Officer Dinwiddie was white.     This happened on May 11th.  I don't even recall  seeing anything about that on the news.  Certainly, the white citizens in  Killeen didn't take to the streets to loot and burn businesses.  Again, I   on't recall any mention by Obama or Holder.        

    Then, there is Officer Kevin Jordan of the Griffin, Georgia Police Department.  He was gunned down on May 31st.  Officer Jordan was black.   His killer, Michael Bowman, was white.  This was a white man murdering a black police officer.  Where was Jesse Jackson?  Where was "The  Reverend" Al Sharpton?  Was there looting and burning on the streets of Griffin, Georgia?  No. In fact, I don't recall hearing  about this one in the news, as well.  Why? You can draw your own    conclusions.                                                                                                                         

    Over the past 60 days, there have been 5 reported deaths of police officers by gunshot in the US.  Of those, 4 were white officers who were murdered by black men.  Blacks complain that  white officers treat black men more aggressively on the street. You can draw your own conclusions on that, as well.