The mainstream media loves a good riot and conflict within a community.   Mary Mitchell at the Chicago Sun-Times – known not-so-affectionately as “Mope-rah” – knows this well.   It sells newspapers and keeps her employed.

Better still, if she can help foment resentment and anger within the community, her position is further elevated among certain segments of the community.   And by adding kindling to smoldering embers and blowing hard on that ember with her rhetorical hot air, she can cause a fire to break out and innocently claim to have had nothing to do with the mayhem that resulted.

Mayhem which sells more newspapers.

Here’s her latest effort to fan those embers after pouring out a few cans of gasoline.

Mitchell: Is racial bias at heart of police scandal?

written by Mary Mitchell posted: 12/05/2015, 10:00amI don’t know how any white person could look at the video of a Chicago police officer shooting Laquan McDonald and think the 17-year-old deserved what he got.

Deserved?  No.

His erratic actions caused by his intoxication on PCP, possession of a weapon, and willfully ignoring countless commands to surrender the knife and submit to arrest certainly contributed to his premature expiration.

Please, explain that to me.

Because whenever I hear a white person say what happened to McDonald was horrible, then add: “McDonald should have dropped the knife,” I cringe.

You cringe?  You don’t think black folks should have to submit to lawful orders of peace officers?

Since when did it become acceptable for police officers to use deadly force against someone who is not posing a threat to the officers or anyone else?

What happened to using Tasers?

And were patrol officers so out of shape they couldn’t detain a teen armed with a 3-inch knife?

Second City Cop has an invitation for you, Mary.  Read one, gentle readers, for that offer.

Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, charged with first-degree murder for the shooting, has wracked up over 20 complaints of excessive force over his 14-year career, and has been the subject of at least two civil lawsuits.

His record of complaints has zero relevance to what happened on that day.

It has no more relevance than the decedent’s long criminal history of violent and mayhem.

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We keep tiptoeing around what’s really at the heart of the distrust between the African-American community and a predominantly white police department.

It is more than distrust that has led to this scandal.

It is racial disrespect.

Lower-case ‘respect’ is given to everyone.  Uppercase “R” Respect is earned, not given.  Give up your entitlement mentality, Mary.

Black people aren’t kids screaming treats.Black people are Americans demanding justice.

Why then won’t they cooperate with police?  Too often, the “No Snitch” mentality obstructs investigations of black-on-black crime.  If you want justice, then come on forward.

Here’s Second City Cop’s offer to Miss Mope-rah.

• We will supply you with a vest, radio, and hat (can’t forget the hat!). We will provide you with a duty rig with handcuffs, OC spray, Taser, baton (wood or metal) and a fully loaded 9mm weapon of your choice in a retention holster…a full 20 pounds of equipment, give or take a few. We will give you the Illinois Compiled Statutes regarding Deadly Force situations along with the CPD Use of Force order and the Use of Force model. We’ll supply you an Academy instructor to sound out the longer words and a qualified lawyer to explain the legal mumbo-jumbo. Then, on a dark road or alley of our choosing, we will await your arrival with a 3-inch folding knife. To win, you have to successfully disarm and handcuff us using the tools at your disposal within 30 seconds or you lose. You cannot violate the law or the CPD policy or you lose. You cannot use excessive force or put the cuffs on too tightly or we will complain and you lose. We will even sign a waiver that if you get a bullet into us, we won’t complain…but you still lose. Oh, and if we stab you, you lose, too. If we stab you more than once, well, those are just the risks you take.

Here’s a bit of advice – bet on the out-of-shape copper. You couldn’t do this job on a bet. And your ignorant posturing makes you part of the problem.

We concur on both their waging advice and their take on her fanning the racial discord flames.