Police Commemorate Black History Month by Turning Off Body Cams
by Joe Janes
After the release of video showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers after a routine traffic stop that led to his death, protests erupted across the country. National Fraternal Order of Police president Del Cuffkin had this to say, “The video was clearly upsetting for many people. People of all colors found it upsetting. I found it upsetting. I also found it upsetting that so many other people found it upsetting, upsetting enough to protest the police. That was very upsetting. To honor the memory of Tyree and the many other black people who have lost their lives because they had something in their hand that could be a gun or were running away from gun-drawn police officers or were just sitting in their apartment, all police officers across the nation will turn off their body cams and dash cams. We know these videos upset people and we simply are going to take them out of the system. We want everyone to enjoy Black History Month in peace.”
Mayor Carl Arch D’eyebrow of Keepemdown, Georgia, added, “This is very good news, indeed. It shows we care about black people and their black feelings. This comes from a place of love. Like the great Martin Luther King once said, ‘It’s all about the love. Endless love. In the glow of love. A thousand kisses from you is never too much.’ I’m sorry. I might be quoting that other great black leader, Martin Luther Vandross from his ‘I Have a Dream About You’ speech. But you get my point.”
President of the NAACP Frank Osheeshi had no comment. He only put his head down and rubbed his temples. Protests about the commemorative police order and the ongoing police assault on the black race are scheduled across the nation for tomorrow. And tomorrow. And tomorrow. They probably won’t be televised either.