Isaiah 32:7
As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
The verse listed above is one of those verses that keep coming up in our line of work, which is to be witness for Christians to serve in the civic in a land of many beliefs, a land where fundamentally Christ is not Lord.
Scripture is excellent for wisdom regarding the nature of the scoundrel, the one that comes along and tells the true suffering that if they just kill their neighbors their life will be bananas. Of course, the only thing being made bananas, as in, living the high good life, is the one who promised the suffering a reward if they just do violent things, or support violent things, or remain silent when violent things happen.
Ben Crump is one of the poster kids for such a person, the scoundrel that exploits the plea of the needy and turns it into his own personal gold and their own dissatisfied outcomes. No one but Ben gets the high good life after the sacrifices are made.
Yet still, every once in a while, Ben finds an ACTUAL EXAMPLE of the kind of fear and hate he’s hoping to hype and cash in on, race hate, especially systemic race hate in an institution such as policing.
With this caveat added, that even with some investigation, even much, the facts of this story are subject to change, and thus my take on this story is subject to change accordingly. As near as I can tell, this is a real example of what systemic-type racism looks like. I say systemic-like as opposed to systemic because the full definition of systemic as utilized in the Crump-empowered world is not one I would ever wish to endorse.
But still, there is a manner of systemic-type racism that becomes part of an institution’s culture, and when that institution is the police it’s the most dangerous of institutions to have such an anti-Bill-of-rights sentiment to take hold. Police, above all others, since they have the power to use lethal force to enforce the law of the land, should be steeped in a Bill of Rights culture, so wherever we see evidence of a racist culture in a police department, well, that should be the end of that department and the creation of a new one.
If this story holds up, and so far it does for me, then we may very well have a police department that is so prone to view black skin as evidence of potential criminal activity that they literally arrested a man on suspicion of stealing his own car that he had reported stolen.
I kid you not, the long set-up was all about getting to this story, a story that is sure to fill Crump with righteous power, as his grifting might yet still do some good work for someone truly in need and truly worthy of relief. That Police Department should surely pay, at the very least economically. This should be this man’s horror story turned lottery winner type happy ending.
It is a pity that a scoundrel like Crump will glean such unrighteous gold from this whole affair, but it is also a blessing if a wronged man is righted and his Bill of Rights are honored.
Black man accused of stealing his own Jeep
From www.dailykos.com
2021-11-30 01:15:04
Lauren Floyd
Excerpt:
The officers named in the suit filed in federal court on Nov. 13 are Jonathan Guzman, Michael Bloom, Brandon Williams, Miguel Hernandez, and Randy Carriel, Miami New Times reported.
Guzman first encountered Scott’s Jeep being driven 20 mph over the speed limit, according to an arrest report New Times obtained. Guzman accused the driver of attempting to flee on foot after the Jeep crashed with another vehicle. The driver was described in the report as a heavy-set “Black male, bald, about 6’2″, wearing a white tank top.”
