Editorial

 Ferguson

 David A. Lombardo

Am I the only person in the country that is sick and tired of hearing about Ferguson? If I read one more article about how those self-absorbed, narcissistic thugs demand justice, I'm going to hit the streets in protest myself-mostly because I want a flat panel, 70-inch TV by my fireplace. I mean, nothing says you demand justice more than ripping off a $2000 flat screen TV, right? 

 I was watching the news the night they announced the grand jury's finding. All the evidence, including eye witness reports, substantiates that the Gentle Giant was a scumbag and caused his own death. Of course the truth is unacceptable when it goes against what those dipsticks want. 

 One idiotic female on Facebook said all the evidence and testimony to the contrary-note, she didn't disagree with the evidence-the cop was still wrong and should be sent to prison. Nothing like ignoring the truth when it gets in the way of acquiring a new television set. 

 The eyewitness to the event, the young black male that testified before the grand jury, turned up shot to death in a car and burned. Well, that's one way of dealing with an inconvenient truth. Fortunately cooler heads do prevail, and there are those that understand stealing television sets is unacceptable behavior. Take, for instance, the Gentle Giant's role model and step father, Louis Head. 

A two-time convicted felon, so poor he can't afford to buy a belt to keep his pants up, Head stood up in front of the crowd of protestors and screamed, "Burn this bitch down" repeatedly, referring to Ferguson. I'm guessing he had a very strong influence on Michael Brown. 

Head's exhortations did not fall upon deaf ears, and the mob went back into riot mode. Head is obviously an ersatz community organizer, so be careful, Hillary, you may have to deal with Head in 2016, but that's another story. 

I'm no lawyer, and I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but didn't Head incite a riot? I think so: he shouted for the mob to burn down the town, and they went and burned down several stores. Not exactly the entire town, so obviously they lacked Head's vision, but CNN reported a row of businesses on West Florissant Avenue, a major thoroughfare in the St. Louis suburb, was engulfed in flames. 

I would be disingenuous if I ignored the statement by Michael Brown, Sr., the Gentle Giant's real father, who recorded a public service announcement last week, saying that "destroying property is not the answer." And Monday night the family released a written statement that read, in part: "We respectfully ask that you please keep your protests peaceful. Answering violence with violence is not the appropriate reaction. Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference." Thank you, Mr. Brown. A shame you weren't around your son more to teach him those same virtues. 

Which brings me to those who bear the greatest responsibility for all this entitlement crap: Al Sharpton and The Reverend Jessie Jackson. Talk about inciting a riot: in my opinion these two race-baiting jerks bear more responsibility for civil unrest and bad race relations in the country than any other single causal factor. These clowns have gotten rich by keeping blacks down and angry at whites. With the exception of Barack Obama and Eric Holder, no two other people bear more responsibility for the racial unrest in this country than Sharpton and Jackson. They've been caught repeatedly lying, making up fake scenarios to inflame people, organizing protestors and doing everything they can to increase the racial divide in this country, provided a news television crew was on the scene. 

Sharpton proudly announced before the grand jury's decision that he had protestors lined up in something like 25 cities across the country ready to go. It isn't about the truth or justice; it's about rioting, stealing, mayhem and the career enhancement of a handful of self-important losers. Obama, Holder, Sharpton and Jackson should all be locked up. In my opinion, America would be a far better country for it. 

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