Damon (7:28)
All right. Very good. A lot of good stuff to get to. We'll lighten the mood a little later. But let's start on something serious. And I'm thinking about this all weekend. What we've seen the last 72 hours and I have some thoughts. Let's cut through the noise. George Floyd, if you remember, he was no saint. He was a career criminal thug whose rap sheets stretched back over two decades, littered with at least nine arrests for everything from drug possession and distribution to theft and aggravated assault for those keeping score. That nine arrests in 23 years, not exactly what you'd call a model citizen. And let's not forget, for over eight of those years he was behind bars, unable to wreak havoc on the streets. When he wasn't locked up, he was racking up charges, dodging accountability, leaving a trail of victims in his wake. His final act, passing a counterfeit $20 bill, resisting arrest and fighting cops while he was high as a kite when he died in 2020. Yes, from a drug overdose. Not some mythical police lynching. He was surrounded by a mob bang for blood, making it impossible for office to even attempt to address his self inflicted medical crisis. Then in a flash, the left turned George Floyd into a martyr. The Black lives matter. Grifters cashed in, cities burned. Politicians tripped over themselves to demonize cops and demonize America itself. COVID lockdowns. You know those draconian rules we were told that were non negotiable to save humanity? Poof. They were gone. So as long as you were rioting for justice, they were gone. The narrative was set. Floyd's death was proof of systemic racism and police brutality. Never mind the facts, never mind his choices, never mind the toxicology report screaming fentanyl. The video. Oh, that video was all it took to fuel a cultural revolution built on lies. But videos can deceive. They're snapshots, not stories. How often have we seen a clip that seems to tell one tale only for the full context to flip the script. Floyd's death wasn't murder. It was a tragedy of his own making. The real crime, the system that let him roam free for decades, endangering everybody around him. Now contrast that with another video. One that doesn't lie. One that doesn't require mental gymnastics to understand. Arena Zarukska, a 23 year old white woman boards a tram, sits down and minds her own business, engrossed in her phone with her iPods in AirPods in moments later, Decarlos Brown, a black career criminal, pulls out a knife, stands up and without provocation stabs her to death. He walks away blood dripping, as if he's just swatted a fly, saying, I got that white girl. I got that white Girl. The footage is chilling, undeniable and unspinnable. Zaruska did nothing, nothing to deserve her fate. Brown. He's got at least 14 court cases in Mecklenburg county alone, with convictions for robbery with a deadly weapon, breaking and entering, larceny, over a decade of crime. Yet there he was, free to kill again. Where's the outrage? Where's the national reckoning? Well, don't hold your breath. Unlike the George Floyd video, which sparked a global tantrum, Zaruska's murder won't inspire protest, hashtags, or painted crosswalks. Why? Because the truth doesn't fit the narrative. Black on white crime? Yes, it's a thing, and it's an epidemic. It's the third rail of American discourse. FBI data from 2018 shows Black criminals violently targeted white victims at a rate 10 times higher than the reverse. On a per capita basis, it's 40 times higher. And that's just reported crimes. Factor in unreported or unsolved cases, and the picture gets uglier. Post George Floyd with anti white rhetoric dialed up to 11, it's likely worse now. So why was Decarlos Brown even on the train? How does a man with a decade long rap sheet get to walk free? A ticking time bomb waiting to explode? Because our justice system is a circus. A 2023 DOJ study found 76% of state prison inmates from 2009 to 2014 five or more prior arrests, with 5% boasting 30 or more. And don't buy the lie that these are petty crimes. 73% of those arrests were for violent offenses, including murder. FBI data tells us only a third of violent crimes are solved, and nearly half go unreported. So do the math. For every arrest on a thug's record, they've likely committed five to 10 times as many crimes. A small cadre of predators like Brown is driving America's crime wave. And our system coddles them while victims like Zaruska pay the price. Will Zaruska's video spark a movement? Will it force a conversation about black on white crime or the justice system's failure to protect the innocent? Don't bet on it. While victims don't have a chorus of race hustling lawyers, pundits, or activists to amplify their pain. Democrats thrive on the myth of black victimhood, peddling the lie that criminals like Brown need sympathy, not shackles. The media? Well, they've already buried the story faster than you can say ratings. And the rest of us? Too many are silenced, terrified of being branded racist for stating the obvious. Thirty years ago, even Jesse Jackson admitted the truth. He said, there's nothing more painful to me than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved. If a civil rights icon could say that, why can't we face reality now? Black on white crime isn't just a statistic, it's a crisis. But it's not just about race. It's about a justice system that's abandoned its purpose. For every white victim like Zaruska, there are countless others, black and white, suffering at the hands of repeat offenders who should be locked away. Let's play Zaruska's video does what Floyd's video couldn't force America to confront the real problem. Career criminals running rampant, enabled by a system that values their freedom over our safety. If we don't, the blood of the next arena Zaruska is on our hands.
