Killed by US Drones for Peace?

Today I went to hear a speaker at a local university talk about Martin Luther’s King Jr. “Letter from the Birmingham Jail. As usual this person gave an excellent lecture and provided true insight into the life and words of King. But as usual when asked about ways to fight segregation in Milwaukee, now the most segregated city in the USA surpassing Birmingham and how to struggle against the teaching of, reflexive killing at his university he was vague and smooth retreating to his ivory tower.

On news tonight there was a story about a police officer in Milwaukee who in December answering a call from a store owner about a robbery stole $200 on camera from the store owner. At first he admitted stealing the money to pay his rent but the case still is in the legal process. At the end of the story, the news reporter said that he had been suspended from the police force with full pay. Only in Milwaukee can police commit a crime and get still get pay from the city.

One of my good friends, and I am blessed with many, told me that a number of mutual friends and acquaintances had told him they could not work with me due to my many faults. He told me how he defended me in this conversation but could not reveal any names. I told him that next time this happens to tell our mutual friend or acquaintances to bring his complaints to me directly and not to defend me. I said if they are really sincere they will tell me to my face what they tell him and we can dialog and, if there is any truth to their observations, I can learn from them. Also from the same conversation I learned the hard way again that what you say to a person(s) in an email can be misrepresented and sent, out of context, to a third party. Email, is not for personal remarks. We still have phones and person to person communication?
I got three CLG links to news stories about Killer Drones: US military wants to hide drones under the sea, CIA drone strikes will get pass in counterterrorism ‘playbook,’ officials say and US drone strike in Yemen kills 3 suspected al-Qaida militants. “How many people must die before we finally say No to Killer Drones?”

Life is full of paradoxes, contradictions and misrepresentation. However, as our excellent speaker said today, learning from Martin Luther King, we must keep hope alive and like King keep on marching on.

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