Politico magazine on Thursday published an op-ed by conservative writer Rich Lowry of the National Review bearing the headline: ‘#SomeBlackLivesDontMatter.”
Lowry, a regular contributor to Politico magazine, argued that after the deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray (whose name was originally misspelled throughout the piece as “Freddy Gray”), civil rights protestors complained much about police brutality but ignored deadly crime.
“Let’s be honest: Some black lives really don’t matter,” he wrote, calling the #BlackLivesMatter movement, “a lie.”
“If you are a young black man shot in the head by another young black man, almost certainly no one will know your name,” he added.
The piece crescendoed to a section arguing that contrary to protestors, police need to crack down harder on what conservatives and others often call “black-on-black” crime:
The implication is clear: More people need to be arrested in Baltimore, not fewer. And more need to be jailed. If black lives truly matter, Baltimore needs more and better policing and incarceration to impose order on communities where a lawless few spread mayhem and death.
Lowry ended the piece by suggesting that “a figure who is anathema to the BlackLivesMatter movement, Rudy Giuliani, saved more black lives than any of his critics ever will.”
Politico editor Susan Glasser did not respond to a request from TPM for comment on Thursday. Magazine editor Garrett Graff told TPM in an initial email he “was in a meeting right now” and did not respond to a follow-up message.
Politico did not mention the correcting of Gray’s name after it was changed.
This is incredible. Why would Politico publish such a horrid piece. Oh right, they are an organ of the WOP (Whites Only Party), oops, I mean the GOP…
Rich Lowry calming everybody down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdnH0J6jw0Better policing, yes. However, I’ll bet my definition of “better policing” which includes respect for every individual regardless of race does not make sense to this conservative POS.
“Let’s be honest: Some black lives really don’t matter,” he wrote, calling the #BlackLivesMatter movement, “a lie.”
“If you are a young black man shot in the head by another young black man, almost certainly no one will know your name,” he added.
Yeah, if you’re lucky, you’ll get shot by a white man, and have your 15 minutes of fame!
Fuck you, Lowry.
“If you are a young black man shot in the head by another young black man, almost certainly no one will know your name,”
Because the crime and/or the perpetrator will be investigated, put on trial and sentenced to life in prison. Some of these cops have walked away without a legitimate investigation, just because of who they are and who they know. That’s where the problem lies, you numbskull. That’s why they’re upset, and in some cases have rioted. That tends to happen in a society where proper justice doesn’t apply to all people equally.
Jesus Christ, these people really don’t get it, do they?