Article: Atlanta Police versus Kidnapped Morehouse Students
Four Morehouse students were carjacked and forced into the trunk of their car. One of them had a cellphone hidden in his pocket and called "911".
According to the claims by the student in a subsequent television interview - repeated calls to "911" went unanswered.
Upon hearing this news the Atlanta Police provided the audio tape of the two calls which showed that the dispatch attempted to respond.
Chalk this up as yet another example of the difference between one group of "equal human beings" that are expected to carry out their duties to the community and a different set of "equal human beings" who's antics must be defended against in this same community.
For many - those who accept the badge of "authority" also must accept the indictments that some times come from the dereliction of their duties. I don't have a problem with this. The challenge comes in seeking to define a proper disposition in relation to those who have abdicated any particular base of authority. The community is forced to project its own authority upon the streets lest this particular subset of people from within the community molest the interests of the community. This conflict defines the most pressing challenge for the Black community today.
In the Morehouse car jacking story the "Street Pirates" why preyed upon these students have fallen largely into the backdrop. Yes we saw one of the Street Pirates crying in court the other day but the audio tape of the "911 call" has taken over. It seems that street piracy has become passe because of its frequency.
This frequency points to a massive breakdown in the system that is in place to bring "authority" upon these young males in the community who so frequently act against the interests of the community.
If there was ever a time that I'd be willing to "expand the police tape" beyond the actual crime scene in order to make an indictment upon society it would be right now. Instead of making an indictment upon history I am more inclined to go back no further than 1996. Since the Street Pirate who committed the carjacking, Jevontay Fleetwood is only 17 years old - this means that he was consummated in 1996 by the acts of one man and one woman.
The actions by the adults between that time up to the present had the most prevalent impact upon the character of Javontay. There resides the answers to the question of: "What allowed these 4 Black male Morehouse students to go to school for the purposes of improving themselves as compared to Javontay Fleetwood who chose to pursue a life of crime, feeding upon the community within which he is allowed to roam.
Jevontay Fleetwood, 17, charged in April 25, 2010, carjacking of four Morehouse students.
2 comments:
Back in 1996, no one was holding guns to the heads of those unwed IQ-75 LOOZez, and ordering them, "Breed...!!" (and then naming the spawn Javontay). The Morehouse students likely had a real mom & dad. That's the difference...
Everyone makes mistakes he was at the wrog place wrong time love you keep your head up atleast he aint kill nobodi damn
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