IF KING VISITED BENSALEM

I OFTEN WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF DR. KING WERE STILL ALIVE AND, ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO VISIT THIS TOWN. IF HE HAPPENED TO STOP BY THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING, AND TAKE A TOUR OF THE POLICE BARRACKS, WHAT WOULD HE SEE AND HEAR?? WOULD HE SEE AN HONEST FUNCTIONING LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT CARES ABOUT IT’S CITIZENS, AND RESPECTED THEM NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT THEY WERE?? WOULD HE SEE DIVERSE (MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL RACES AND CREEDS) GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS TOWN AND ITS COMMUNITIES A BETTER PLACE?? OR, WOULD HE SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. HE’D SEE A TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT THAT IS LED BY A MAYOR WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE RESPECT FOR MINORITIES, BUT HIS ACTIONS SHOW OTHERWISE. HE’D ALSO SEE TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS WHO CATER TO ITS MAYOR, AND SHOW NO COURAGE OR SPINE WHEN HE MAKES DECISIONS THAT GO AGAINST CITIZENS OF HIS TOWN; CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT WHITE. HE’D LEARN ABOUT A MAYOR WHO CONSPIRED WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS TO DEPRIVE A GROUP OF MINORITIES OF THEIR VOTING PLACE, BECAUSE IT WAS A “DEMOCRAT POLL”, WHICH MEANS THAT MOST OF ITS RESIDENTS ARE MINORITIES, WHO VOTE DEMOCRATIC. HE’D ALSO SEE A TOWNSHIP POLICE FORCE, LED BY A MAN THAT HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF COMMITTING ILLEGAL ACTS. SOMEONE THAT ALLOWS HIS OFFICERS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MINORITIES, BY EITHER NOT HIRING THEM. AND, IF THEY GET HIRED, MAKES IT SO UNBEARABLE TO WORK THERE, THEY WILL EITHER QUIT, OR BE FIRED. HE EVEN ALLOWS ITS OFFICERS TO SAY FOUL THINGS ABOUT MINORITIES, AND DISRESPECT WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAPPEN TO WORK THERE!!
I THINK THAT IF KING SAW THIS UPON VISITING BENSALEM, HE’D WALK RIGHT OUT, AND LEAD ANOTHER MARCH ON US. HE’D MAKE SURE THAT THIS TOWN SUFFERED FINANCIALLY WITH BOYCOTTS OF BUSINESSES BEYOND ANYTHING WE COULD IMAGINE, CAUSE PARX CASINO TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS. AS A RESULT, “HIS MAJESTY”, THE MAYOR WOULDN’T HAVE HIS PRECIOUS SUV. THERE WOULD BE NO BIG HUGE SUV’S FOR HAMAN AND NABAL, BUT THEY WOULD BE RIDING INTO WORK WITH USED COP CARS. THE ULTIMATE END RESULT WOULD BE THAT THE TOWN WOULD GO BANKRUPT, AND BE IN DEBT FOR A LONG TIME TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
ALL IF KING WERE STILL ALIVE AND VISITED BENSALEM.