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There's the immediate injustice that a person shouldn't die for what he did.
And there's the broader injustice that many African Americans feel - that the police and the justice system aren't there to protect them.
Also, to respond to your post below - 10x as many African Americans are killed by other African Americans as by police is hardly a shining endorsement. Wouldn't we expect criminals to kill more people than law enforcement? Whether we're talking about Michael Brown, or a guy selling cigarettes on the street, or a kid playing with a toy gun, or a guy buying an air rifle in Wal-Mart, none of them should have died.
And a big reason why African American men make up 40% of America's murder victims is because less than half of the people responsible are actually held responsible. That makes law enforcement seem pretty ineffective, and encourages more murders. Criminals know they can get away with it, and people start to believe that revenge is more effective than justice.
So many African Americans don't see the police or the justice system working for them, and they do see it working against them in many ways - like people being killed in police action, or being sent to prison for petty crimes (and having their lives ruined afterwards), or police issuing tickets for minor offences as a revenue raising initiative, rather than tackling real problems.
And you're putting all the onus on the African American community, but that community can't solve problems like how police are trained or what their procedures for using force are or what systems they have for internal accountability or how a police officer should exercise discretion or what crimes are investigated more thoroughly or sentencing laws or any of the other ways that the police and justice system works against them.
Washington Post Fact Checker: "Hands up, don't shoot" did not happen in Ferguson Mar 22, 06:32
yes, not putting your hands up is a free pass for the cop to shoot you unarmed {nm} Mar 22, 10:38
'Unarmed' is not relevant when you've gone from robbing a liquor store, to attacking a cop in his car. {nm} Mar 22, 11:55
it's totally relevant when you're 150 feet away from the cop when he shoots you {nm} Mar 22, 14:59
The Justice Dept. report disagrees with you. Mar 22, 15:45
yes the law is overwhelmingly in the favor of police shooting first and asking no questions later {nm} Mar 22, 19:01
well that's much better. 20 feet = fire away {nm} Mar 22, 18:58
You Unload the Entire Clip on the Sucker .... unless it is a White Guy, then You use Non-Lethal Means. Mar 22, 22:10
Which actually happened to the neo-Nazi who went on a shooting rampage in Arizona and killed one. {nm} Mar 23, 11:35
At 20 feet you don't have 4 seconds to decide, much closer to 0.4 seconds to decide AND act. {nm} Mar 22, 22:39
Thanks - I was being generous. That was the police point. And I stil haven't heard what non-lethal means anyone would use {nm} Mar 22, 23:09
They don't call that class of weapon "non-lethal". They are "less lethal" (rubber bullets, tasers, beanbag rounds, etc.) Mar 23, 12:59
Might be new for the rest of the country - but in St Louis, we knew that false a week or two after it happened {nm} Mar 22, 12:24
And that report came out 3 weeks ago. {nm} Mar 22, 12:28
oops meant to include the link to the actual report Mar 22, 12:29
It's still irrelevant to the main point. {nm} Mar 22, 16:56
Which main point is that? {nm} Mar 22, 17:04
That too many people die from police action, and that the victims are disproportionately African-American. Mar 22, 19:46
Okay - I thought this was about the Hands Up part which was false but continually gets perpetuated {nm} Mar 22, 19:56
No, I'm just saying it's irrelevant. Mar 22, 20:24
I'm sorry he died but he brought it on himself. {nm} Mar 22, 20:36
There's the immediate injustice that a person shouldn't die for what he did. Mar 22, 21:26
Just one of many, how is this not an EXECUTION? Mar 22, 23:06
Police have the authority, but the power to make if life-and-death exists on both "sides". Mar 23, 13:12
By power I mean `legitimate power` {nm} Mar 23, 14:39
I think it's change in policing that will be a lot more effective. Mar 23, 05:11
You're Blaming the Victim. Try this - Make Body-Worn Cameras on Police Mandatory - Reduces Use-Of-Force. Mar 23, 05:55
