T. Belman. I find this very disturbing. But why should I expect otherwise.
Comments by mostly liberal organizations say ruling a first step in addressing police brutality, reforms still needed to tackle systemic racism
By JACOB MAGID, TOI 21 April 2021,
Illustrative: Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), the sister organization of The Jewish Vote, march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2016. (Courtesy Gili Getz)<
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A host of mainly liberal US Jewish groups welcomed Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over George Floyd’s death.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter for pinning Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the US.
Many of the Jewish groups said Chauvin’s conviction was not enough on its own and that much reform is needed to address systemic racism in the US.
“The issue is much bigger than one traffic stop, one no-knock raid, one police shooting, one department, or one city. It is long past time for our country to tackle systemic racism, reimagine what public safety looks like, and create transformational change to ensure justice and fair treatment for all people. Black Lives Matter, and our society’s laws, practices, and institutions must reflect that,” the Anti-Defamation League said in a statement.
People react after the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial on April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The former police officer was on trial on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)<
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The head of the Jewish Democratic Council of America cited Jewish values in her statement on the verdict.
“Despite today’s verdict, we know there is more work to do to fulfill the fundamental Jewish value of ‘tzedek tzedek tirdof’ – justice justice you shall pursue,” Halie Soifer said. “Like justice, Black Lives Matter is a Jewish value. Even though Derek Chauvin was rightfully found guilty, the fight to address racism and injustice in America continues.”
The chief of T’ruah, a rabbinical human rights group, also said the verdict “addresses merely a single instance of state violence.”
“As moral leaders, we strive to replace these systems of injustice with systems of righteousness. We fight for an end to state violence that primarily endangers Black Americans and other communities of color, and for the establishment of systems grounded in human rights that enable all of us to live in safety, rather than using police to protect some members of society at the expense of others,” Jill Jacobs said.
The Jewish Federations of North America tweeted that “while no guilty verdict can bring George Floyd back, we hope that today’s decision brings some measure of justice, healing & peace. We know that there is much work to do. Our resolve to address real & legitimate concerns about racial discrimination has never been stronger.”
In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin’s trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)<
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Several groups primarily focused on Israel also weighed in on the ruling.
“While this decision cannot bring back the life that was stolen, we are glad to see some measure of justice for the family of George Floyd,” J Street, the left-wing pro-Israel lobby, wrote on Twitter.
The Democratic Majority for Israel said “justice can never be fully done,” as Floyd would never again see his family and loved ones.
“But we hope today’s conviction brings them some comfort and allows them to begin healing,” the group said. “This verdict represents an important step toward addressing the grave injustices he and so many other people of color have suffered. DMFI will continue to advocate for policies that will dismantle the systemic racism that still plagues our country.”
@ carlwk3c:
This well documented fact should be fodder for people of good judgement to dwell upon more than they do. I recall seeing footage of a black man who interrupted a news conference in MN last summer. He was upset that one white police officer was accused of killing one black man and that this is what generated all these riots and all these accessory deaths while thousands of black men are murdered year after year without any any outrage or any riots because they were killed by other black men. His outrage was a momentary reprieve of silence on the real source of systemic racism existing in America. In truth, there is systemic racism present in our society. But it is not concentrated in the police force. Rather, it lies within the elements of society which would rather manipulate accidental or coincidental deaths towards their own goals while ignoring the tens of thousands of murders occurring in every major Democratic run city in America. There is a disparity of racial crime against the black man, but it is criminal elements comprised of other black men that are the source of this disparity. Resolving this scenario is not their agenda. The death rate is not their agenda. The injustice is not their agenda. Their agenda is to achieve power, thru fraud, lies and skullduggery and their agenda is easily being achieved as their is no oversight of their methods by anyone who is not one of their allied toadies – and this, again, is where the root of all our problems lay. The subject of the disparity of black on black crime does not support their power grab – rather, it undermines it. The Democratic run cities are where the majority of these black on black crimes occur and the willful blindness by these Democratic politicians to acknowledge or act against this fact is how the systemic racism is allowed to continue unseen, unopposed and unaddressed. And so, these tens of thousands of black men, women and children will continue to live their lives in the shadow of this inaction waiting to join next years statistics. With all sincerity and conviction, I can not envisage any greater evidence of systemic racism than this.
@ carlwk3c:
This well documented fact should be fodder for people of good judgement to dwell upon more than they do. I recall seeing footage of a black man who interrupted a news conference in MN last summer. He was upset that one white police officer was accused of killing one black man and that this is what generated all these riots and all these accessory deaths while thousands of black men are murdered year after year without any any outrage or any riots because they were killed by other black men. There is systemic racism present in our society. But it is not concentrated in the police force. Rather it lies in the elements of society who would rather manipulate accidental or coincidental deaths towards their own goals while ignoring the tens of thousands of murders occurring in every major Democratic run city. It is a shell game which employs past hatreds to divide and motivate people towards civil unrest enabling these malevolent players to harness the resulting mayhem with great effect towards their goal, which once achieved will change nothing as per the death rate in the black community. The death rate is not their agenda. The injustice is not their agenda. Their agenda is to achieve power, thru fraud, lies and skullduggery and their agenda is easily being achieved as their is no oversight of their methods by anyone who is not one of their allied toadies – and this, again, is where the root of all our problems lay.
This is BS. As a Jew (by choice), I resent all of Judaism being tarred with this PC, “woke”, leftist brush. Those groups don’t speak for me.
This trial was a kangaroo court, fueled by fear of the result of a just outcome.
The thug died of a drug overdose. The officer’s knee was on his shoulder, not his neck. The thug needed to be restrained because he was violently resisting.
Yesterday, an officer in Columbus shot a large teenaged girl, armed with a large knife, just as she was about to stab a smaller female.
Already, the left and the media are calling for more violence and the figurative crucifixion of the officer who saved the intended victim.
Is there systemic racism? Yes, but it comes from the black community and the left, not from the police. The fact is that a very small number of blacks are killed by police (far fewer than whites), and in virtually every instance they are violent, armed thugs who pose immediate danger to the officers and the public.
The overwhelming majority of blacks killed in the US are killed by other black thugs.