I didn't start this blog because I miss Fred logging on and giving me crap.

I did it because I remembered something I read in CityBeat a few weeks back.

They did an editorial, and it's really a shame. That publication has a few great columnists, but their editorials and liberal slant on everything is utterly ridiculous. That's because with them, common sense goes out the window. To them, the cops are "big brother". They're "the man, keeping everyone down," and shooting with disregard for human life.

I'd really love for some of those liberal idiots to do a ride along with a cop. Or spend time with a grieving family that lost an officer to some gang banging, thug loser.

Anyway, they did an editorial on their first page about local musician Jacob Faust. Now, I'm a big support of the local music scene. But when a guy dies at the hands of the police, I do the opposite of what CityBeat does. I assume the police were justified. In fact, in this case, they were cleared of any wrong doing (although they settled with the family for over $300,000...probably because it was cheaper than going to trial).

CityBeat also mentioned in that same story, about an 87-year-old guy. I believe he lived in Chula Vista. This guy had a knife, and was making threatening statements outside of the place he rented. The landlord called the police. They told him to drop the knife. He approached them, demanding he get a cigarette. They kept telling him to stop, and they finally shot bean bags at him. Well, because of his age, this non-lethal way of apprehending someone, ended in his death.

And of course, CityBeat was outraged by this. I'm guessing they wouldn't like the way cops did things in the 50s, which was billyclub you if the weapon wasn't dropped. Or just shoot you.

The cops now have tasers and bean bags. But when the occasional person dies from these, everyone that's a liberal idiot without a brain, starts knocking the cops. Why?

If someone doesn't want to drop a weapon, what is wrong with shooting and killing them with a gun? I don't care if they are 5-years-old, or 85. I don't care if it's a woman wearing a wedding dress, or a guy in a bathing suit on a boat during the gay pride parade. These aren't people I want walking around in society.

And to sit there and say the cops need to be trained better to handle these situations. Or to say that three or four trained officers should've been able to talk the guy into putting the knife down.

CityBeat even says in their editorial, that the guy was suffering dementia and had other problems. Is this really someone you can reason with? Do we have pity on him because of his age, and end up sending 25 officers there, to spend nine hours negotiating with him, hoping that he'll eventually just get tired and take a nap. When the old guy does that, they can apprehend him safely.

I'm guessing they wouldn't be happy with the story I heard about in Louisiana. A 73-year-old black guy was shot by a white officer. I know where CityBeat stands just from those first two sentences.

He had five kids with the same wife of five decades.

And of course, the shooting brought out demonstrators; one being the racist Al Sharpton.

The shooting happened outside the mans home, during a cookout. Sharpton told the crowd of 400 people, "to shoot an unarmed, innocent man...is a disgrace."

The man that was shoot was mute, because he lost his larynx to cancer.

The police had chased this mans 38-year-old son from a suspected drug deal blocks away. He had an arrest record for assault and battery...so we know at this point in the story, the cops are dealing with a loser.

The man drove up and went into the house, as white police officers followed him. He eventually was tasered and the mute old man confronted police. Not a good idea when they're involved in something else. Probably not a good idea when you can't speak, either. As he advanced on the cops, he was shot and killed.

Police say he pointed a gun at them. Witnesses say he had a sports drink bottle. Well, let's assume he did have a bottle. Very stupid move going at cops with ANYTHING in your hand.

Whenever I rant about something like this, people always tell me I would feel different if it happened to my own family. Or that my family wouldn't have to experience something like this because they're white. Bull****!

If my brother (who has a long history of being a jackass) was shot by the cops...my first instinct would be that he finally messed with the wrong people. If I heard the story and found out he was eating a banana, but pointed it at approaching officers, I wouldn't think the officers did something wrong.

We've all had times where an object looked like something else. And if a cop sees something in your hand and shoots, it's an accident.

I might knock police officers if they pulled you over, and asked for your license. As you reach into your back pocket to get your wallet and are shot because they think you have a gun...then, and only then, would I demand the cops have better training. As it stands now, I think society needs better training. They need to learn that you do what cops say. If you have a problem with that, file a report later. Don't confront the officer. Don't reach for a pen to write his badge number down, and wonder why the cop is yelling at your swift arm movement.

CityBeat really needs to pull their heads out of their asses. And so does anyone else that disagrees with this post.