CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 13, 2021
OVER THE WEEKEND NEW MEXICO POLICE OFFICER DARIAN JARROTT MADE A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP. THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
OFFICER JARROTT KINDLY SPOKE TO THE DRIVER, ASKING FOR HIS REGISTRATION AND DRIVERS LICENSE. THE DRIVER, WHOSE NAME I WILL NOT MENTION, GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SHOT OFFICER JARROTT, FINISHING HIM OFF WITH SHOTS TO HIS HEAD WHILE HE LAY ON THE GROUND.
OTHER OFFICERS PURSUED THE KILLER FOR 40 MILES BEFORE HE ENGAGED THEM IN A FIREFIGHT AND WAS KILLED.
OFFICER JARROTT WAS THE FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN WITH A FOURTH ON THE WAY. THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A DRUG DEALER.
THERE WERE NO DEMONSTRATIONS, NO LOOTING, OR BURNING OF BUILDINGS.
IN MINNEAPOLIS, ANOTHER INSTANCE INVOLVING A BLACK MAN, WHO APPARENTLY WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM POLICE, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN OFFICER. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RIOTING AND LOOTING BROKE OUT. THE DEAD MAN’S MOTHER SAID HER SON WAS DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM.
WHEN COPS ARE KILLED, NO ONE RIOTS. ANYONE ELSE SEE A DOUBLE STANDARD? I’M CAL THOMAS.
