Race-Baiting Growing with Democrat Government Leaders
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 1, 2009
Another tragedy last week: a police officer was accidentally killed by another police officer in the line of duty in New York City. But the tragedy doesn’t stop there. Not for Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel, anyway, who made horrifically racist statements at the dead officer’s funeral.
From Michelle Malkin:
In New York City, a police officer who happened to be black was accidentally shot and killed by another police officer who happened to be white. It was an awful, deadly mistake. But for Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel, it was a golden opportunity to play the race card — and at a memorial event for the dead cop, no less.Shame.
More information from the New York Post…
NY Post | RANGEL’S SICK JOKE
Cracks Wise on Officer’s Death, Says President’s Not Safe in Harlem
By Georgett Roberts, Douglas Montero, and Chuck Bennett
May 31, 2009There’s nothing like a tragic police shooting to bring a tasteless guffaw out of Rep. Charlie Rangel.
Speaking yesterday at a rally in honor of slain cop Omar Edwards — gunned down by a fellow cop in a case of mistaken identity — the embattled congressman outrageously quipped that President Obama, in town for a date with First Lady Michelle, should watch his back walking around the Big Apple because he is black.
“Make certain he doesn’t run around East Harlem unidentified,” the controversial lawmaker snarked.
“If [he] did not have the Secret Service . . . around him, [city cops] wouldn’t know if he was president of the United States.”
The remark brought raucous cheers and laughter from the crowd of around 100.
Police union officials were quick to blast Rangel’s remarks.
“If Congressman Rangel said… ‘and waving a gun’ he might be correct,” the union official said.
But Rangel wasn’t the only official riffing on the fact that Edwards, who is black, was shot by a white officer.
“First we couldn’t ‘drive while black,’ now we can’t ‘police while black,’ ” said Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron.
Mayor Bloomberg, who stopped by the Edwards’ Brownsville home to pay his respects to the family, said a federal investigation into the shooting wasn’t necessary despite calls from activists.
But Gov. Paterson, however, left open the door to outside involvement.
“I think that the NYPD and the Manhattan DA are perfectly capable of conducting the investigation, but I think in these types of situations, what is most important is that everybody is satisfied,” he said.
Meanwhile, Edwards’ widow bravely fought back tears yesterday as a parade of officers carried her husband’s personal items from his car into her Brooklyn home, including his prized football.
“When his wife saw it, she started crying. There was a football. That was his passion — football,” said Eugenio Edwards, an uncle of the officer tragically gunned down by a fellow member of the Finest in East Harlem on Thursday night.
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Vets On The Watch: Race Baiters Have No Shame
The TIW Blog: Obama regime protecting New Black Panthers!
Clinging to G & G: Learning new rules in the Obama era
Michelle Malkin: Why is the Obama Justice Department protecting New Black Panthers?
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: It’s the Media Ginning Up Racial Hatred
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Hot Air Green Room: Sotomayor and the politics of race
GoodTimePolitics: Obama administration Protecting Black Panthers That Wielded Weapons, Blocked Polls – Video
David Keene, TheHill.com: Injustice against whites
John Nolte, Big Hollywood: ‘jOker’: When the Left’s Scared They Scream ‘Racist’
Reuters: Racial ruling looms large for Sotomayor
Sweetness & Light: Sotomayor Began Race-Baiting At 19
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Slightly off the thread, but why doesn’t the IRS slam Rangel as a tax dodger ?
If it were you or I, they would be at the front door demanding payment or jail.
I am absolutely SICK of this double standard.