During a BET interview, President Obama lectured that police shoot black men because “they have a subconscious fear of folks who look different.”
With all due respect to the race-hustler-in-chief, the fear is of black criminals, and it is not subconscious. It is a rational response to the homicide rate in America which is overwhelmingly committed by young black men — against other young black men.
Early this morning, a man who like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown or Eric Garner, could have been Obama’s son if he had a son, entered Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights, NY—BTW, what happened to basic security measures?—and stabbed yeshiva student Levi Yitzchak Rosenblat, 22, in the neck and abdomen during shachareet, morning prayers.
According to a witness, knife-wielding Calvin Peters, 49, cried: “Kill the Jews. Or something to that effect.”
Rosenblat is from the town of Beitar Illit in Judea and Samaria, Israel. According to the latest reports, Levi Yitzchak is conscious and in stable condition.
Police responded, tried to get Peters to put down the knife and surrender. Peters put down the knife momentarily, and then picked it up again and lunged at an officer.
Police opened fire, killing Peters.
Watch a video of the incident which takes place in a Chabad-Lubavitch study hall-synagogue:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22pIl_4UG9o[/youtube]
Are we going to see protestors claiming that Peters was a “gentle giant”? Are the police going to be demonized for protecting innocent and defenseless citizens? Is Comrade DeBlasio going to lecture the public about police brutality? Are Jews going to be accused of Jewish Privilege for refusing to be murdered by a poor, oppressed black man? Are there going to be die-ins by the delusional creatures of planet Berkeley?
We would not be surprised.
How could any Jew, of any persuasion, to whom life is precious, not take measures to protect themselves? Are not the Chabad-Lubavitch Torah and Talmud scholars that teach it is wrong to leave yourself open to slaughter? Has there not been enough publicity, news, warnings? How many atrocities is it going to take? Having a couple of synagogues full of people blown up? Having one in every major city? Both my daughter and I CC, and we don’t go anywhere that does not allow us in, including a place of worship with no security. Even Jesus, whom the Christians called the Prince of Peace, told his followers if they did not have a sword to sell their cloak and buy one. (Lk:22:36) Life is precious and every Jew needs to take that seriously.
Indeed. But we know that victim disarmament (falsely advertised as “gun control”) is widely supported by many Jewish voters. Aaron Zelman fought hard against this, as have others; I wish they were more successful in these efforts.
Yes, they’re rock stupid. They should be able to carry to protect themselves and their loved ones. Here’s the insanity, plain and simple:
http://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-laws/new-york-city.aspx
http://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-laws/new-york.aspx
Compare with states with more sanity.
Unreal.
Why are civilians just standing around during the standoff?
You ask “what happened to basic security measures?”. I expect the answer is “what, in the people’s republic of Bloombergland? They were outlawed long ago.” There may also be the unfortunate fact that too many Jews (and too many others) choose to be defenseless even in places where the state doesn’t favor the criminal, as it does in NYC.