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Taking The 51st Shot
About ten years ago I happened to be one of three guests on a television show, along with present NYC councilmember Charles Barron and activist-attorney Colin Moore. The name of the show was “Caribbean Roundtable”, one of the better Caribbean-American talk shows still around. The hostess (Verna Smith) was a Jamaican-born journalist, who just happened to be quite active in Brooklyn’s Caribbean-American political circles; thus her questions were not of the powder-puff variety; not at all, since Verna can be a tough interviewer at times. On Sunday mornings, you can usually catch the show on Cablevision, and at other times on Time Warner cable. The gist of that show was basically an analysis of the results of the 1997 Democratic primary elections, which had taken place a few weeks before. Just before the show ended, the topic of “police brutality” crept in. Given that Barron and Moore brought to the table, tremendous knowledge in this area, they immediately jumped on the issue, offering some insight into the whys and wherefores. When it was my turn to speak, I got a few things off my chest that I had wanted to say publicly for quite some time. My opinions riled both guests. I wasn’t really surprised. The events of last weekend brought back memories of that roundtable exchange. I will get to that in a second. It appears that early last Saturday morning, five undercover officers from New York’s Police Department (NYPD), sprayed fifty bullets into a car in which three young black men were driving, killing one and injuring the others. The policemen were working undercover at a notorious strip club in Jamaica, Queens, in what was said to have been a drug/prostitution/vice operation. What makes this event momentous is the apparent belief that the three young men never fired a single bullet at these cops, nor did they have any weapons in the car. So here we are, looking at “deja-vu all over again”, given that in February of 1999, NYPD undercover cops took 41 bullets to kill an innocent and unarmed black African-born male, named Amadou Diallo. I have lived in New York City for the last thirty-three and a half years, and I have seen (through media /of course) my share of deaths suffered at the hands of NYPD officers; the vast majority of those who died in these instances were black men. This fact is undisputable. Way back in the seventies, I remember marching over the Brooklyn Bridge with hundreds of protesters led by Rev. Hubert Daughtry; in the eighties I marched with protesters led by Rev. Al Sharpton; in the nineties I also marched against police excesses; I am marched-out. Weary feet are now wary feet, and yet my anger grows; so how do I vent in a rational way? How do I show my indignation without breaking the law, or breaking some bones? Should I slap a white cop for my mental health? (Just kidding folks.) Or should I just put on my marching shoes once again, and walk a few more miles and shed a few more tears? But wait, three of these cops were black. Does that matter? Is that significant? Is racism not involved here? All these questions are wild cards, and all those who have been close to the issues around “police abuses” now agonize over this event, the latest in a very long death-list; the latest in an ostensibly non-ending chain. So now back to that 1997 roundtable tv program, and to what precipitated an argument that spilled over into the street, long after the taping: I essentially implied that relative to issue of “police-brutality”, Al Sharpton was ambulance-chasing. Let me explain that a little more. I stated then that there was a level of political impotency to Al Sharpton’s racing from the scene of one police brutality incident to another, when these incidents recur like a decimal. I also said that Sharpton’s inability to effectuate and / or influence policy and/or legislative changes-which could aid in minimizing these incidents-, rendered him almost useless in terms of solving or resolving this issue en total. I argued that given he (Sharpton) had been quite vocal in criticizing the NYPD and its policies, he needed to advance some solutions in this regard. He needed to advance ideas that could be implemented, and suggestions for policy changes that could make a difference; because at the end of the night, the casualties are not just one-sided, since the cops and their loved ones also end up suffering- albeit no where close to the suffering and pain of those victimized (and their loved ones). Why, even the citizens of this great city suffer in tangible and intangible ways, when these events occur and recur. Do we now wait for one of these events to lead to a major race riot so this point could be fully proven? Do we now wait for black and Hispanic frustration to explode onto New York streets, a la nineteen seventy seven style? And what about the millions of taxpayer dollars that end up going to settle the civil lawsuits? Is it any wonder that we are the highest taxed state in the union. For years I have wondered whether or not some of those so-called activists who ride this issue, are after real solutions or just after media-attention. My jury is still out on this one. There are serious chasms in the relationships between law-enforcement / peace officers and members of the black and Hispanic communities in New York (and probably all over this country too). Those chasms are widened further when the officers are white males, especially given the histories of white-male abuses. The unaddressed levels of fear, suspicion and distrust-on both sides of this gulf- further exacerbate the problem. Media–whores, who have no vested interest in solving or resolving the issues therein, only compound things further. We need to question their utility after all these years have flown, and after things seem to remain the same. So when I watched Al Sharpton show up this week, and Jesse Jackson, and Charles Barron and Hubert Daughtry, and Sanford Rubenstein (the attorney who keeps lining his pockets from the misery and suffering of black people), and the three hundred or so marchers that Sharpton usually draws to these events lately, I had to shake my head. But then what else can they do when they are impotent; except try anything in hopes of a rise. Yet, Sharpton, Jackson, Barron, Daughtry and Rubenstein, all genuinely believe that there is virtue to this type of activism and the prolific exercises in symbolism- exercises of futility for the most part- when police brutality incidents occur. I wonder. Sometimes I think that “virtues are nothing but vices in disguise”, and as such these five aforementioned characters are now running the risk of being labeled “misery-riders”; riding in when things are grim and dim, when pain is all around, when tears are strong and flowing. Plus, they are selective with their sorrow; something that is somewhat reflective of a type of reverse-racism. Right now in Staten Island, there is a trial taking place as to the murders of two black police officers; the defendants are also black. It would be nice to see Sharptongue and company show up one day over there, to demonstrate their outrage and indignation. It would also be nice to see Sharpton and company show up when the atrocities are directed towards whites and when the perpetrators are non-white; and although this is rare, these events do occur, and when they do, the Sharpton crew is usually missing in action. Look at what happened to the white NYU student, who lost his life in Harlem earlier this year. The only significant (media-wise) black activist to show up in outrage was Eric Adams. In all fairness to Al Sharp-tongue however, let me state that all those black elected officials who were so vociferous this week-when speaking out forcefully on last Saturday’s event-are just as impotent as he (politically speaking), since most of them have been in office for years and years while all this has gone on and on. Collectively, they have failed to impress upon their non-black fellow legislators that this issue needs to be addressed in a rather profound manner. Collectively, they have failed to recruit experts to aid in addressing an issue (police brutality) that transcends race, ethnicity, gender, religion, class, et al. Collectively, they have failed to build the coalitions (individuals and organizations/ governmental and private sectarian) that could aggressively confront this issue head on. But they expostulate whenever the cadaver changes name or face; meanwhile, the issue itself and its end results stay the same. Look, no matter how you slice things, racism is usually at the bottom of most of these police-brutality incidents, or it is at least lurking around the corner somewhere behind the scene of the crime. Black people are just treated differently in so many spheres it isn’t funny. They are not respected as they should be, they are not valued (as fellow humans) as they should be, and the pervasive white-denial of racism’s subtleties offers no comfort in this regard. Police–brutality is just one of the many forms of racism manifesting itself in horrid ways. Racism is alive and well in Hollywood, on Wall Street, on Madison Avenue, in New Orleans, New Jersey and New York. Racism is alive and well in housing, banking, jobs/employment/unemployment, education, and you name it. Racism is alive and well in government, the military, the judiciary and in all other institutions, as it is in law enforcement. Congressman Charlie Rangel nailed it on the head when he expressed that these types of shootings never seem to occur in exclusively white neighborhoods. Don’t kid yourself into thinking that because four of the five police officers (three black and one Hispanic) who were directly involved this atrocity were non-white that somehow racism as a factor is totally exculpable; fact is the NYPD is racially predisposed to treating minorities differently. Minorities in New York (especially black folks) are subject to both disrespect and inferior treatment on a daily basis. Check out the annual number of complaints filed against police officers; look at the racial and ethnic breakdowns of those who file such complaints. Look at what constitutes the core and substance of their filings. Any reform in NYC must start with the Civilian Complaints Review Board; therein lies part of both the problem and the solution. So now, here comes the long waiting period; the wait for the results of investigations where “he investigates himself”. Wait for grand juries and/ or trial juries to do another “Randy Evans” (maybe). Wait for some judge to find this shooting justifiable (as normally happens). Wait for the usual suspects to show up with loud voices. Relative to this issue, it seems like that’s what they do best: wait. In this rat race, they wait for the next ambulance to chase. Let’s hope that the next ambulance is filled with Viagra, or Cialis, or Levitra, or anything that cures political impotence. In this incident, my condolences are extended to the families of Sean Bell (deceased), and all the other victims who are still alive. I could only hope and pray that justice will be served here at the end of the day and night. I hope that “truth will out”, and that all those who were witness to this tragedy will come forward to help lend some clarity to all this sadness. Stay tuned-in folks.  Thank you for the kind remarks. I have a feeling that by being white, bloggers like you are somewhat handcuffed by things you would like to say (especially on issues like this), since you have to be extremely careful when saying them. Trust me when I say this afflicts me also, but I feel to a much lesser extent. This is what I mean when I say that there are all kinds of casualties to this "racism" thing. There are also many flavors to its subtleties. Free speech also suffers a bit by this "racism" thing.  Social mores and peer disaaproval are far more effective limits on speech than government regulation could ever be. "Free" speech is a misnomer; it always has a cost; in a "free" society, that cost is determined by the marketplace rather than the government. That some choose to sometimes hold their tongues is not always necessarily a bad thing, although it sometimes acts to silence voices and lines of inquiry which it might be beneficial to have heard. (I've got a great ttile for a Larry Littlefield piece on the subject, but don't have the guts to make the joke).
Thanks, because you never know, some wacko might read it who doesn't know its a joke. Wouldn't want them showing up here. As to the events, I know nothing about the specifics or the generalities, ao take this for what its worth. I do know that young men often act out, particularly those at places like that. Why? Don't ask me. So it wouldn't surprise me if someone in the group did something other than say "yes officer." The racism comes in with an assumption that if you are Black, you are likely to act out with a gun. Otherwise, there would be a lot of dead frat boys. I guess you could say that's an extra, unfair risk Black men have. How could this be prevented? Well, what this case and Diallo had in common is that there were several cops, and when one cop thought he saw something and shot, the rest thought they were in a gun fight and unloaded. With five officers, you have five chances for someone to make a mistake. Not good odds. And once five start shooting, you get a lot of holes. Perhaps, as they walk up in circumstances like these, only one officer should have the right to fire the first shot, with the rest expected to hit the deck and wait until they are sure fire is being directed at them before shooting themselves.
Would that lead to more police officers being killed? I suppose it would be necessary to examine every past circumstance where a suspect did have a gun and an officer in a group of officers fired first. But that's the closest thing I can think of to something like a solution, based on no expertise at all. The reason I and other perhaps feel funny commenting, is because since I am not Black, I don't have the risk of some nervous cops coming up and thinking I'm a threat, and since I not a cop, no one asks me to approach people who are a threat.
Since Adams is both Black and a former cop, he's in a far better position to speak. I wonder what he would think of my suggestion. The current situation does seem to me like an accident waiting to happen, and I never let my kids get away with saying "I did it by accident" if care was not taken to avoid the accident. Then again, as mentioned, would more cops have been killed in other incidents if not all of them were prepared to shoot first or if not all of them started shooting immediately after hearing a shot? Might one officer with all the pressure of preventing his fellow officers from getting killed be more likely to shoot? Who knows?
It's a disaster, and unless there was a gun, or it can be proven that this group of police set out to gun down un-armed non-criminals, we are likely to be left with a disasterous accident. The only question is whether the circumstances and procedures can be blamed for not avoiding the accident, and making it likely to happen sooner or later (and again). I agree with the issue of Al and Charles running to every big event. It lessens the true impact of this if Barron and Al are screaming things that are from the 70's, do nothing, then only come back when the next person gets shot. If Barron wants to have a political life sfter term limits in City Council in 09 he needs to tone down the "pro black" agenda. As for Al where are the young people who he was trying to uplift and become the next leaders after him? Same goes for Charles too? Yes it hurts to the bone to see another black man killed again and again but he does not help having them around speaking for the "black community" Let people like Eric Adams and others who have a true grasp of the situtaion. Former cop who knows both sides of this ordeal. Bsrron does not speak for me and many others.
I am still waiting for someone to acknowledge the other half of the unspoken truth....that the tragedy in Queens was caused by the proliferation of guns on the street, particulary among Black men.
That is not to say that race does not play a role. But when a cop takes the streets in the morning, they are a moving target. In the split second when a cop has to decide to shoot or withhold the trigger, despite all the training, a life and death decision is made not just for the potential victim but for the cop. The decision to pull the trigger is unfortunately hastened, consciously or not, by a greater fear that a young Black man is more likely to be carrying a gun than most other demographics. The horror of Diallo, where 41 shots rang out at a man carrying nothing more than his keys, might not have occurred had cops not had somewhere closer than the back of their minds the fact that many young Black men carry guns.
sure, many don't. And maybe the extra fear carried in the heart and mind of every cop---white AND Black---that the young Black man might is racist. Or maybe it is human.
The events in Queens are horrible. The role of race is undeniable. But someone, please, someone, acknowledge that cops of all shades might be less likely to pull the trigger in an encounter with young Black men if fewer guns were in their hands.
It may not be PC, but it is true.
PS The most horrible police incident of recent memory was not any of the shootings...all of which were tragic, but not intentional acts. Far worse was Louima, where a cop who had time to consider his actions, pulled down a man's pants and raped him with a stick. That coward should be boiled in oil for waht he did. This last event, all of the facts yet not known, surely appears to be more likely in the nature of a horrific tragic chain of events....but not a well thought out plan of racial barbarism. It is not the traditional "I don't like these people" racism but a mind set created by the conditions in some high crime areas. It is a human action but understand that it is a human mind set created by institutional racism. COPS!!!! There are the men in blue and the street crimes unit (or whatever they call themselves now). These are the plain clothes police who have declared war against thugs. The problem is that only black men look like thugs and not all black men are thugs. They disrespect our community and hurt a lot of innocent people. To them, the end (eliminating guns on the street) justifies the means (terrorizing a community). The men in blue are cool. They walk the beat and respond to calls in an efficient manner. They have never been involved in those types of shootings. They are targets and they fit the bill of the guy who walks the street in danger but the cowboys who ride in nice cars and profile "thugs" and act on their emotions. Human to be afraid of black men? Are you serious. I guess we are are dangerous or liable to be drug dealers if we are not pleasing of the naked eye. Its comments like the ones by the"Unspoken Joke" that make it legitmate to kill black men, They might be bad or sell drugs and worse. Right? Because we all do it. Train the cops right. Still waiting for a white man to be shot 50 times. Seems to be something I wait my whole life for... As long as waiting to see one of many cops of many black deaths convicted for the crimes they have committed.
Truly some people just do not understand nor relate to this serious issue. Think before you comment or "bLog". Very important. If you can not then remain" Unspoken" it is not human to fear lack men. It is human for any cop to fear being shot.
If in fact undercover cops are facing circumstances where they have reason to believe a gun may be drawn on them, the human survival instinct kicks in.
UInfortunatley, there is a greater preponderance of gun use by Black men....particularly those that might frequent a location like Kalua, which apparently is also a notorious gang location....and either consciously or subconsciously, that has to come into play in a human being's mind. We nee dto break the cycle of racism. But alas, we ALSO need to take the guns off the streets.
And for my other non-PC PS to this, are you not REVOLTED that violent gangs like the Bloods and the crips are being welcomed into the street debate here by ldeading protests against the police? IS THIS APPROPRIATE?
Speak to that truth. I agree the Blood and Crips do not need to be involved. However I did not misunderstand. If guns and blacks are a norm in that club it does not imply all blacks have guns. That is High School math sir.
If I am come off tough understand I too am a man who is a minority. Every time one of us goes down it truly hurts. Lets work this out and Justice out of this. As a black woman, I find what unspoken truth said troubling. I mean, I'm not angry, just troubled. I was agreeing with you, unspoken truth, for a minute, but...
...Yes, I think there is a stigma in society that black men have guns and that is in the minds of cops. However, the hispanic cop who shot first, shot about four shots; one white cop shot about 30 shots. Hell, he RELOADED! That's not a fear of being shot - that's just FEAR.
And let's not buy in to barron's diatribe. This incident wasn't police brutality. That's just "code words" to get blacks riled up. This incident was excessive force. This incident was an issue about police training. Louima was brutality. Let's bring the discussion back to the real issue. Our young men are dying in the streets!
Look, if the incident with kramer has shown us anything, it is that there are racial tendencies in all of us and they can boil over. But our cops...those that are there to "protect and serve," when they are reloading their gun on black men in a car, that fear has to be addressed - and please, oh please, let's do this without the rhetoric of charles barron and al sharpton. Please!
Police Officers that I know, or retired ones more accurately, also note that the act of reloading and firing is one of the larger questions that needs to be answered. However, in terms of multiplicity of shots, I am also told that you keep firing until you don't hear anyone else fiting any more if you want to be safe. Of course, that means in this case, that only cops were firing...and raises other questions. However, it is aklso said that Bell was killed by one of the first bullets, so the high multiple of shots may not be as meaningful.
The whole thing is so damn tragic. However, as mentioned by the latt poster, the hyperbolic rhetoric is not going to get us to the truth. Such rhetoric is only needed when men and women of good will are NOT willing to investigate and get to the real truth. I see no such menace lurking hear. I think most decent opeopel, including the Mayor, btw, want the unbridled truth.
but let's just be fair in evaluating all the factors that lead to this horrific tragedy. Nice piece Rock. While the officers who fired the shots were all not white there is an anti minority culture in the NYPD as with most of the other institutions you mention that most minorities consciously or unconsciously buy into in order to fit in and get ahead. I'm not sure that whites really care one way or another as long it's not affecting them. How many non white working class folks would tell you Bloomberg is doing a great job, probably very few. You can easily hear the opposite from the white community and white dominated media.
Your words were thoughtful. Mine may be somewhat redundant, but hopefully, I can add to the discussion. In my opinion, this tragedy has a lot to do with the individual police officers as opposed to the entire department. The disparity of the amount of shots shows that one cop, the Detective who fired 30 shots, has problems. The overwhelming disparity of shots between officers shows the lack of respect for Black life from one of the cops. Let me begin by somewhat blaming the victims. I refuse to continue to be tolerant of the behavior of some people. In other words, I refuse to shed tears for criminals who get gunned down, whether they are presently commiting a crime or not. If you exist within that element, that is the risk you take everyday, whether you are selling drugs, or frequenting an establishment where others like you (pimps and pushers) congregate. Forgive me for not shedding too many tears. The police are at fault here in a number of ways, besides the obvious ones. The biggest one is, the police look at themselves as the law of the land. Unfortunately, they typically fail to pursue policy change that would affect their jobs and the lives of people. The union would rather pursue more pay, overtime, and the right to have police paint the precinct instead of working with local elected officials to close places down. The police continue to believe that they are alone in their fights. They do not engage local electeds until a tragedy occurs like a white woman being killed at the Falls. Teenage prostituion is not as big a problem, especially when it occurs in communities like Jamaica. The police are culpable because they want to build cases to arrest and detain instead of prevent prostitution. The police need to work more on prevention and on creating a better enviroment. My girlfriend is calling me....I will continue in the am. I'm a pretty white guy (mandatory ethnicity disclosure). And, I've had a few drinks at Kalua and its sister club down the block Cafe Europa, known for their Brazilian women, all praises to multi-culturalism. I don't find them really dangerous by American standards, maybe kind of tough compared to "Scores" in the city, but, hey. Still, I don' think any undercovers would have focused on me and my crew in there. This really doesn't happen to white guys, even if they have guns. Unfortunately, a big part of the Giuliani "success" in crime fighting came down to jacking many young Black men up against the wall. And white NYC continues to applaud. This is that, only a little out of hand. Let me know the next time this happens in East Hampton.
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Glad I didn't come up with that title, since, and even if I had, I could never use it (I've got a great ttile for a Larry Littlefield piece on the subject, but don't have the guts to make the joke).
Very interesting and thoughful; while I'm not sure I agreed with everything you said, you covered a lot of ground very well. I sort of feel a little guilty and cowardly for not covering some of the same ground, but I'm going to have muster a little more courage and a lot more thoughtfulness before I go down that road. Thanks for your well executed effort.