professor
I acknowledge that minorities are treated differently. But if you're not willing to acknowledge the influence and (sometimes tragic consequences) of an absence of a father (or father figure) teaching his young children in this discussion, then why is there a need for the discussion to begin with?
You come across as every minority who is shot and tragically killed is an abomination.
What isn't mentioned in these conversations is the number of times that a cop, who has devoted his life to serve his community, is sometimes likewise an African American taking the life of another African American where the "victim" defied his orders to comply.
Who would want to be a cop these days? At what point does someone/anyone, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, etc. not understand that a cop who tells them to stay in their car and not escalate the situation, yet defies the order, usually leads to a very tragic outcome, regardless of race/ethnicity?
What is gained with someone becoming a martyr simply because he's been pulled over a few more times over the years "for being black?" Does this somehow soothe the pains of losing a son or daughter? That their lives weren't taken in vain because they decided to be defiant when faced with lethal authority?
And again, white cop, black cop, hispanic cop... they're just trying to get home to their families after their shift of work. You honestly think that a majority of them want to kill somebody?
I've not become that cynical yet. Yet society demands that we must be, or otherwise some of us are considered racists.
Answer this question - do you think the average cop on the streets today (white, black, hispanic, asian, etc.) truly wants to pull the trigger and take the life of another human being? Y or N will suffice, no further explanation needed.