CDC Whistle Blower My Unpopular Opinion

You know since the uncovering of the CDC Whistle Blower I've been bombarded with emails about the matter. Do I believe that the government withheld information, lied, tricked us, and bamboozled us...Absolutely! Below is my unpopular opinion:

I find it a bit concerning that African American Children's well being is at the forefront of this cover up. A cover up that's being compared to the Tuskegee Experiment in an attempt to get AA community angry, riled and ready to battle. We should be angry, mad, furious, riled, and ready to fight. But out of all the people tweeting, facebooking, and calls for action. Has anyone mentioned a plan to help the AA victims of this atrocity? Because if you want to use us at the forefront of your battle, one would think you'd also want to demand healing and disclosure? I have read posts and tweet after tweet and not one has eluded to how we can help the victims. I know I'm being snarky, but African Americans need to be really careful about pushing an agenda that involves us that doesn't have a plan to heal us. Please don't misunderstand I want all children healed from Autism, not just AA children. I'm very confident that the cover up is far reaching and has harmed millions of children. I have a deep appreciation for advocates of all children, so please don't think I don't. I'm just saying don't use conspiracy and scare tactics to on board a community without a plan to heal them.

I think the Whistle Blower battle is important, because the Government needs a reminder every now and again that they aren't G-D.  They need to be held accountable and the CDC Whistle Blower Fight may lead to change. The end result may lead to better practices at the CDC, and if that's the result I give my thanks in advance. This is a fight I will be watching from the sidelines because unfortunately I have more pressing issues. I have to worry about my son growing up to be a moving gun range target. 

Whoops :(

This morning I did as I do every Sunday, I was snuggled on my couch watching Melissa Harris-Perry. Melissa and her panel discussed a number of important topics, yet one story brought me to tears. It was this story of mistaken identity which lead the police to pull over an innocent woman and her children, which shook me. To fully understand this you have to view the video and then comeback to my blog.

So here are the facts:

A 911 call came in to The Forney Texas Police about four black men on the road waving a gun out the window of a beige or tan colored Toyota. So they start in Hot Pursuit of the perps. One problem...
They pulled over a burgundy Nissan Maxima with four little kids and a mother, then held them at gunpoint.

Apparently Roscoe P. Coltrane and the gang are color blind, because last I checked burgundy and tan look nothing alike. I mean come on we've all had that moment when we've squinted at midnight blue -vs- black. I don't know too many people would get tan and burgundy mixed up...SIGH!

Mom: "What is wrong? My kids!"
Officer: "How old are they?"
Mom: "They're six and eight and ten, nine. What are we doing?"
Officer: "Hold on a second, okay?"
Mom: "What is going on? Oh my God, you will terrify my children."
Officer: "We got a complaint of a vehicle matching your description and your license plate, waving a gun out the window."

Then the scared to death innocent child gets out the car in the assuming position of all black men..."With His Hands Up" As his siblings screams hysterically in the car. The the cops attempt to calm the tots after realizing they made a mistake.

Officer: "Ya'll okay? Just ya'll in the car?"
Child: "No I'm scared."
Officer: "It's okay."
Child: "No, are we going to jail?"
Officer: "No. No one is going to jail."
Child: (Scream, crying)

Officer: "Hey, stop crying. It's okay. It's okay. Everything's fine now."

The image of that baby getting out of the car with his hands up brought me to tears! I thought to myself what if that had been me?  If I was pulled over jerked around and handcuffed, my 8 year old son would have gotten out of the car...But he wouldn't of had his hands up. My son would have exited the car charging at whomever was harming his mummy! In my sons world he can't comprehend how to pull in his emotions or yield like the young boy in the video. My son has autism and all he would see is someone hurting me, and he would react. All I could see was my son charging at the cops and bullets going into his chest. For those who say I'm reaching, I challenge you to talk to any African American mom with a child on the spectrum and see if her answer differs.