NEW YORK, NY Oct. 21 (DPI) – Comment filters on nytimes.com couldn’t censor an overwhelming reader sentiment that the news site still doesn’t get it:  Police brutality in America’s cities is a minor sideshow compared with daily black-on-black violence.

Revisiting Baltimore yesterday, with an initial headline of “A Fragile Baltimore Struggles to Heal Itself”, The New York Times continued to spin a narrative of victimization and helplessness for the beleaguered city. But a cascade of reader comments challenged that description:

Six highest recommended reader posts:

“We are hoping for a better Baltimore, but it starts with leadership.” No, it starts with the citizens.

Baltimore is an urban guerrilla war zone in which the protagonists become increasingly brutalized by their daily encounters and the bystanders pay the price. This war zone will not change in any way, shape or form until the violent young men who prey upon their neighbors are taken off the streets. The police, like the infantry in a war zone, are charged with this responsibility and they must use extraordinary measures to control this violence. Some will make mistakes and a small minority are merely bullies in a uniform; those who abuse their charge must be held accountable. But make no mistake, the police by and large are the good guys and the thugs are the bad guys. Arm chair critics need to understand the reality of the streets. It would be a waste of time, resources and lives to believe that these young violent thugs will ever live peaceful, productive lives given their starting point. The only possible hope for places like Baltimore is the next generation. The only possible hope for the next generation is a stable family life, characterized by working parents willing to defer their own gratification for the education & future of their children.  Don’t expect a grand plan that will address all the historical evils of bias to fix the problem. It will only be fixed when people realize that in extraordinary times, extraordinary actions must be taken. That is a risk to every civilized people, but it would be hard to characterize Baltimore as a civilized world.

What is missing from this story is an acknowledgement of who is causing the problems. Blaming the police is just a dodge. Why is it so hard to name the problem?  What we resist persists.

So when are we going to have a national conversation about the fact that young black males kill other young black males – generally with illegal, unregistered firearms, than police do – *by orders of magnitude*. Also police shot and killed *more whites* than blacks, and blacks shoot more whites than the reverse. This is basic stuff that people should be aware of when intelligently discussing the problem of violence. Yet the Left wing prefer to simply not cover incidents of blacks shooting whites, or cops shooting white people in ‘flyover’ states.
Why is that? Stupidity or malice?

Healing? Baltimore has been sick for decades. Drug dealers and gangs of thugs are happy to kill each other over anything ranging from Tennis Shoes to disputes over dice games. Black lives matter? Given any chance the city will descent into chaos with a ” shopping spree” of looters – kids of welfare queens. So lets pretend everything is OK – but visit the morgue or walk through the welfare projects at night to get a feel for Baltimore and its inherent pathology.

The root of this problem lies in having too many children and poor parenting skills. Being poor has very little to do with it, as the success of the Asian community has demonstrated. Until we confront this fact, nothing will change.

And 69 Recommendations:

There is not a single leader in the African American community who is willing to address the root causes of hopelessness and violence in their communities. There is talk of institutional racism, lack of jobs, poor education, as if there is some conspiracy to continue the negative cycle.
The solution begins with addressing the 75% incidence of teen pregnancy in the city, the majority of those births are to African American women under the age of 16. What child has a chance when born to a teenager. What teenager is really ready to be a mother and a force for good in their infants life. This does not even address the lack of male role models. The term ” baby moma’ is damning and reflects the core problem in the community. Without mature parents ( mother and father), what chance is their to emphasize good education, law biding behavior and goals. There are groups of young black makes riding around on scooters, blocking traffic and assaulting citizens… where are there parents.
If Black lives matter, where is the outrage at the killing of over 300 young blacks this year alone. All the money in the world, all the new industries in the country will not provide educated, motivated young men and women. It is important, but without a fundamental change, the new schools will be filled with the same unmotivated children, and the cycle will continue.
Please find me a African American leader who will tell the truth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/us/a-fragile-baltimore-struggles-to-heal-itself.html

By today, the Times had changed its headline to “A Fragile Baltimore Struggles to Heal After Deadly Police Encounter”.