ANOTHER 'WHAT IF'?

FIRST THERE WAS MICHAEL BROWN, THEN ERIC GARDNER, AND NOW WALTER SCOTT. THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT I CANNOT NAME, BUT THE THEME IS STILL THE SAME. THEY ARE ALL PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE ENDED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE. SOME JUSTIFIABLE, AND OTHERS NOT. WELL, THE LATEST ONE OF WALTER SCOTT IS BECOMING VERY CLEARLY NOT JUSTIFIABLE, AND THE OFFICER IN QUESTION IS NOW BEING CHARGED (RIGHTLY) WITH MURDER.

EVER SINCE FERGUSON, I HAVE WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THIS OCCURRED HERE IN BENSALEM, AND MY FEAR IS THAT SINCE THE INDIVIDUALS RUNNING THIS TOWN ARE FULL OF BIGOTRY AND WORSE, WE'D BE IN BIG TROUBLE. THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF GRANDSTANDING AND POSTURING, BY MEDIA HO'S INCLUDING SHERRIFF LOBO, WHO HAS THE NERVE TO BLAME THE VICTIM OF A PEDESTRAIN ACCIDENT. THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF TALK, INCLUDING THE 'THREAT' OF GETTING BODY CAMERAS FOR THE COPS, BUT ULTIMATELY NOTHING WOULD BE DONE ON THIS.

HERE WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT THINKS HE'S KING AND SHOULD RULE FOR LIFE, AND A PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR WHO FANCIES HIMSELF ANOTHER CHIEF RAMSEY (OR, EVEN WORSE YET, THE FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE NYPD DURING 9/11!), AND EVEN THE NEXT MAYOR (SORRY LOBO, NOT HAPPENING!) OF THIS TOWN! .

THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE LATE WALTER SCOTT, IF IT OCCURRED HERE, WOULD BE COVERED UP, BY LOBO AND DEPUTY PERKINS. I COULD EVEN BET THAT HIS MAJESTY, WOULD REFUSE TO DISCUSS OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. OUR TOWNSHIP COUNCIL WOULKD BE NO BETTER, BECAUSE THEY EITHER GO ALONG WITH, OR DO NOTHING TO STOP THIS, WHICH IS EVEN MORE TRAGIC. IN SHORT, BENSALEM WOULD CONTINUE TO BE RULED BY EVIL PEOPLE AND GO ON BEING THE JOKE OF BUCKS COUNTY, PA AND OF THE U.S.A.

WAKE UP!!