Monday, August 18, 2014

MO Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson WAY off base

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, now in charge of security in Ferguson, MO said:

"When this is over, I'm going to go in my son's room. My black son, who wears his pants sagging, who wears his hat cocked to the side, got tattoos on his arms, but that's my baby."

Johnson added: "We all need to thank the Browns for Michael. Because Michael's going to make it better for our sons to be better black men."

I guess the Missouri State Highway Patrol is really hard up to have such a racist idiot as a Captain. The fact remains, and the video proves it, that Michael Brown was a thief and a bully, and if Captain Johnson wants to THANK him for that, then perhaps Johnson should resign from law enforcement.

As for their sons to "be better black men", why not simply start by having them try to be better MEN. It is the task of the parents to do that. Color has nothing to do with morality, and Michael Brown is not exactly a role model for anyone except perhaps budding gangsters.