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Last night there was another shooting. This one involved a black teenager and a white police officer and happened in Nashville.
You are hearing about this one all over the news right? Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are booking flights to Nashville right now, right? Well maybe not so fast. Why not?
From the Tennessean:
The teenager, identified as Xavier McDonald, had fired on police in Nashboro Village, hitting Officer John Downs in the leg, according to police spokesman Don Aaron. Four officers returned fire, killing McDonald at the scene.No, you won’t see the POVERTY PIMPS and race grievance guru’s out on this one because this story does not fit the narrative.
The incident began Sunday afternoon when police were called to the area to investigate a robbery. The robbery victim told police he had come to the neighborhood to give a woman a ride when two males robbed him.
The investigation led police to unit 825 in the Hunter's Trace complex in Nashboro Village, a collection of residential complexes southeast of the airport near Murfreesboro Road. When they arrived, Aaron said, a woman allowed officers inside, where they saw McDonald and others.
When an officer attempted to pat McDonald down, he barricaded himself in the bathroom, Aaron said. Officers then called in negotiators and the force's special response team.
As McDonald emerged from the bathroom and proceed to walk out the front door of the condo, an officer tried unsuccessfully to take him into custody with a Taser. McDonald then fired a semiautomatic handgun at the officers around 7:30 p.m., Aaron said, hitting Downs, who was to the right of the door.
"He came out firing," Aaron said.
Downs, an 18-year veteran of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, was shot in the leg near his groin. Downs, 42, is in stable condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, although Aaron said his recovery will require multiple surgeries.
McDonald was the suspect in a robbery and not surprisingly had a juvenile record.
- Where are Sharpton and Jackson?
- Are they coming to Nashville to thank the police officer for serving his community?
- Are they coming to express their gratitude that there will not be another police funeral?
No, they will not talk about this case nor will the drive by media. This case will be conveniently forgotten about.
For people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, only certain lives matter.
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