{"id":117616,"date":"2021-02-04T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117616"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:12:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:12:44","slug":"crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills\/","title":{"rendered":"CRENSHAW: The Lie Of \u2018Systemic Police Racism\u2019 That Kills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-847497968-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Four years ago, five Dallas Police officers lost their lives after they were targeted simply for wearing the uniform.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Last September, two officers were shot in the face at point blank range for the same reason. One of them was a young mother. During the months of violent riots that one Democrat politician called the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/goodbye-summer-of-love-11607898398\"><span class=\"s1\">summer of love<\/span><\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policemag.com\/585160\/more-than-2-000-officers-injured-in-summers-protests-and-riots\"><span class=\"s1\">more than 2,000<\/span><\/a> officers were injured. By July of last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/police-officers-killed-surge-28-year-point-civil\/story?id=71773405\"><span class=\"s1\">officer deaths had risen 28 percent<\/span><\/a> compared to the previous year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There have long been violent encounters between police officers and criminals. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fbi-agents-killed-florida-4c5b7cfc67469f9954491a04fdefe96b\"><span class=\"s1\">Just this week<\/span><\/a>, two FBI agents were killed and three were injured after a standoff with a suspect in Florida, yet another reminder of the deadly encounters law enforcement agents experience every day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, what we witnessed this summer was something new, and far more sinister. This recent wave of violence is the result of a pervasive, disturbing, and ultimately false narrative: <em>the institution of policing itself is corrupt and systemically racist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This narrative is repeated both casually and often by leaders of Black Lives Matter and Democrat politicians alike. Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2020\/06\/10\/biden-root-out-systemic-racism-not-just-divisive-trump-talk-column\/5327631002\/\"><span class=\"s1\">stated<\/span><\/a>, \u201cFor too long, black Americans have lived with a knee on their neck,\u201d in reference to police officers, Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/09\/06\/kamala-harris-disputes-barr-on-race-justice-america\/5734810002\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a> that there is an \u201cunacceptable incidence for generations of unarmed black men being killed\u201d by police, and a spokesperson for President Biden\u2019s State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-state-dept-spokesperson-police-threat-national-security\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a> that \u201cthe largest threat to U.S. national security are U.S. cops. Not ISIS, not Russian hackers, not anyone or anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Slogans such as \u201cAll Cops are Bastards\u201d are chanted at \u201cpeaceful\u201d demonstrations, and the claim that black men are being hunted and killed in the streets is promulgated, accepted without question as undeniable fact.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is unclear whether the public figures pushing these extreme narratives know \u2014 or even care \u2014 that they are inflaming the rhetoric which ultimately leads to tragedies like that of Dallas, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. If challenged, they will often backtrack by discussing the underlying problems of poverty and crime in the black community, and the inhumanity of specific injustices such as the abhorrent killing of George Floyd. This is all, of course, true and worth addressing in a rational manner. No one would argue that police officers have always acted perfectly, that there aren\u2019t bad apples, or that certain reforms should be pursued. Why reforms could not make it through Congress is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/06\/25\/if-democrats-cared-about-police-reform-they-would-have-advanced-tim-scotts-bill\/\"><span class=\"s1\">another story<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But here\u2019s the problem: if you\u2019re telling people that police are trying to kill them, and that the entire institution of law enforcement is itself systemically racist and oppressive, it should come as no surprise that some people will act upon such an apparent threat. After all, wouldn\u2019t you? If you truly believed it, then violently fighting back would appear to be your only recourse. This also explains the utterly bizarre instances this summer of <span class=\"s1\">white activists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dc-white-protester-yell-face-black-police-officers-part-of-problem\">screaming<\/a><\/span> in the faces of black police officers, telling them they were \u201cpart of the problem.\u201d The Black Lives Matter movement has effectively subjugated the cause of black lives in order to achieve their primary goal of labeling all police as inherently evil.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Words matter. The word \u201csystemic\u201d actually means something, and should not be thrown around casually or carelessly. It means that racism is inherent to the system, thus implicating every officer that wears the badge. It is also used to conclude that any negative incident must be the result of racism, and any context, circumstances or facts that counter that narrative must be ignored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This narrative creates an emotionally compelling but also unsolvable problem. The conversation rarely, if ever, moves in search of a solution. The word \u201csystemic\u201d is used, but never clearly defined as it might relate to a law, policy, or practice. Disparities in arrest rates or police interactions are offered up as proof of systemic problems, while ignoring all other factors or statistical context. Its intentional vagueness makes the supposed underlying problem unsolvable, and the demands more and more extreme. Thus, radical slogans like \u201cdefund the police\u201d transform into actual policy in major cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The results of these narratives are undeniably awful. Communities have been destroyed, citizens have been killed, and cops have been hunted down and assassinated. The voice of the black community \u2014 where <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/316571\/black-americans-police-retain-local-presence.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=syndication\"><span class=\"s1\">81 percent<\/span><\/a> polled want the same or greater police presence in their community \u2014 has been silenced by the extremists. Crime has spiked in major cities as left-wing District Attorneys refuse to enforce the law, all in the name of social justice.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the end, no justice is served. It simply means that criminals are free to prey on the innocent, overwhelmingly in minority communities. While radical white liberals spread these vicious lies, fostering bitter resentment and hatred, the communities that rely on good policing the most are left to suffer. This is the deadly tragedy of the lies being told, and it must stop.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Representative Dan Crenshaw is a former Navy SEAL who serves Texas\u2019 Second Congressional District in Congress and sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, five Dallas Police officers lost their lives after they were targeted simply for wearing the uniform.\u00a0Last September, two officers were shot in the face at point blank &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892624,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5242,3904,3967,5243,3693],"class_list":["post-117616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crenshaw","tag-kills","tag-police","tag-racism","tag-that"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}