Barkley on Ferguson

Charles Barkley on Ferguson:

“We can’t pick out certain incidents that don’t go our way and act like the cops are all bad,” he continued, later asking, “Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn’t for the cops?”

Barkley also excoriated the media over the way stories like the Ferguson shooting are covered. He revealed that he learned a lot of information from the grand jury report that he never heard in the media, including details about an alleged confrontation in Wilson’s police car and blood evidence that suggests Brown was going towards the officer when he was shot.

“I can’t believe anything I hear on television anymore,” he added. “And, that’s why I don’t like talking about race issues with the media anymore, because they love this stuff, and lead people to jump to conclusions. The media shouldn’t do that. They never do that when black people kill each other.”

“When you try to do well in school, they tell you you’re acting white. When you speak intelligent, they tell you you’re acting white. We should have more black kids speaking correctly, we should have more black kids going to college and getting great jobs,” he said.

Barkley also said the media fails to report on “good, hardworking black people,” instead giving coverage to “negative black people.”

“That’s what I said, and that’s what I meant,” he said. “I ain’t shutting up, and I ain’t backing down.”

It is my hope that something good will come of this mess, that a majority of Americans will begin to get the first glimmers in their heads of what the mainstream media outlets in this country have truly become since they were taken over by the leftists. I'm not asking for a huge "Eureka!" moment, just a few more people scratching their heads while saying "now hold on just a minute..."