Poetic Justice or Shameless Murder??

First of all, let it be known I do not condone the cold-blooded murder of anyone, whether it be a black male or a white male...or even a policeman, just like in the event that I will discuss today. I know there is a LOT of controversy over this, so I will try to embrace both sides for argument's sake. Without further ado, here's today's topic.

So just a few days before Christmas Eve, two NYPD cops were shot and killed in an ambush by an assailant who then took his own life after committing the deed. No gunfight. No provocation. No warning. No nothing. Just the sound of a gun setting off and just like that, two police officers were dead with a bullet in their heads. The NYPD was of course devastated by the despicable murder of two of their comrades. Now three bodies lie in the morgue with no real sense of justice for the people of the Big Apple. Then along came the controversy...

One side of this is that the cops got what they deserved, that two cops is nothing compared to the hundreds of innocents they must kill every year. These people were obviously still referring to the recent murders of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Michael Brown, among others. On the other side are those who don't see these murders as justification for the assassination of the two innocent cops.

You want my honest opinion? I am not sure what to feel, in all honesty. Yes, this was a cold-blooded murder no matter how you look at it. These two coppers were probably having just another normal day, munching some donuts, maybe planning some holiday shopping and popping, and out of nowhere some deranged lowlife pops a bullet in their heads and then turns his gun against himself. Murder. Plain and simple.

On the other hand, I will say that what goes around comes around, and it was only a matter of time before someone decided to give the coppers a taste of their own medicine. These cops feel no remorse (even if they say they do) when they're choking the life out of black "criminals," and now they expect the country's sympathy when two of their own are taken from them? Sorry fellas, but that's not how America functions. If you push a dog into a corner, she gon' bite. And you, the police, have already pushed the country far beyond its limits, and you couldn't possibly have expected your unpunished actions to remain that way. But still, these two particular cops have done no wrong, at least as far as anyone knows, so they didn't deserve to pay for the mistakes of their majority. I would be more comfortable justifying this action IF it was either Officer Pantaleo (Garner) or Darren Wilson (Brown), as they are the ones who should be punished for their deeds. Nobody deserves to die, but everyone who does wrong deserves to be reprimanded.

One question still remains in my mind: How is it that the two coppers who had a reason to shoot Rice after the boy brandished a gun against them are convicted of homicide, yet the other two cops (Wilson and Pantaleo) were set free despite the mounds of evidence against them? Just another reason why this broken "justice" system needs MAJOR fixing.

End of post. Stay up to date peeps and have a safe holiday, and thanks for reading.