We have been reading about the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and others and, so far, no majority of White people as in a grand jury or in polling seem to want to hold the police officers involved accountable in any way.
There is so much evidence that our justice system does not treat all of us the same. Shockingly enough, even some Republicans/conservatives are critical of the Staten Island grand jury for failing to indict Officer Pantaleon (who applied the forbidden choke hold to Garner) for any charge at all. And the DOJ just released a study of the Cleveland Police Dept, which has been almost two years in the making, which was very critical of their training and practices. Tamir Rice, who was only twelve years old, was shot by one of their officers.
Except for those whose reaction is that they don't want to hear about this anymore because they reflexively support police, or despise Black people, the rest of us are troubled and we want change. Now.
So, why is the slogan: Black Lives Matter being pushed over for: All Lives Matter?
Why are discussions about this very obvious and ongoing problem being sidetracked by personal anecdotes by White people who seem to feel a need to be leading the discussion... once again?
