Thursday, April 22, 2004
Ice-T was way ahead of his time
During last night's Three Kinds of Stupid Happy Hour at the Rickshaw Stop, we started talking about the cop-killing case that's making such a stink in S.F. right now. (Hey, where were you last night anyway? You missed the great tag-team DJ action, the new Streets song that sounds like the Strokes, the J-Kwon-J.Giels-Led Zep-Triple Threat mash-up, the awesome panini sandwich, the volleyball. Better mark your calendar for next Wednesday.)
We're supposed to be pissed that DA Kamala Harris isn't pushing for the death penalty for the gang member who allegedly shot and killed a cop. Never mind that trying someone for the higher penalty costs more, takes far far long, must withstand more appeals, and won't bring back the dead man. What about the fact that no one gives a rat's twat when some kid from Hunter's Point gets gunned down? Or when a cop shoots an unarmed 17-year-old black girl? Or kills a bi-racial, mentally disturbed 23-year-old who's acting strangely in a movie theater? These cops don't even get punished, let alone sent to the gas chamber.
And aren't cops paid to put their lives on the line? Yes, it sucks when they get shot. Boy, does it ever. But I don't see anyone paying out a pension for those dead kids' parents either.
And how about Dianne Feinstein demanding the death penalty while speaking at the cop's funeral! Talk about bad taste. Talk about blood lust. Talk about defaming a place of god. Not that I believe in god.
What kind of weird world are we living in when the two most level-headed politicians around are Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom?
We're supposed to be pissed that DA Kamala Harris isn't pushing for the death penalty for the gang member who allegedly shot and killed a cop. Never mind that trying someone for the higher penalty costs more, takes far far long, must withstand more appeals, and won't bring back the dead man. What about the fact that no one gives a rat's twat when some kid from Hunter's Point gets gunned down? Or when a cop shoots an unarmed 17-year-old black girl? Or kills a bi-racial, mentally disturbed 23-year-old who's acting strangely in a movie theater? These cops don't even get punished, let alone sent to the gas chamber.
And aren't cops paid to put their lives on the line? Yes, it sucks when they get shot. Boy, does it ever. But I don't see anyone paying out a pension for those dead kids' parents either.
And how about Dianne Feinstein demanding the death penalty while speaking at the cop's funeral! Talk about bad taste. Talk about blood lust. Talk about defaming a place of god. Not that I believe in god.
What kind of weird world are we living in when the two most level-headed politicians around are Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom?
