I am opposed to what happened as much as the next guy, but to blame it on racism is an oversimplification of what happened.
Black males are indeed more likely to be arrested, and racism probably does play a role on this.
However, this could have happened with anyone else. Erase racism from the face of Earth and this still could have happened.
Yes, it
could happen to anyone. It does happen to plenty of people who aren't black. But it happens to black males regularly, frequently, habitually. And it's the black males who are instantly demonized. The news is all too happy to "ask" what they did wrong. Racists pour out of the woodwork to explain why they had it coming. You can't even keep track. People called 911? There's a video making the rounds right now of a cop apologizing for having to stop a black man because people called 911 to report that he had his hands in his pockets on a bitterly cold day. Oh, but it had nothing to do with race. Since Darren Wilson's mockery of an inquests, Garner's killers walked without charges, so did the uniformed killers of a random man at a random WalMart, also unarmed and breaking no law, and so did the killers of a sleeping 7 year old girl, all black. All killed by white cops. All denied even lip service to justice. All in 2 weeks. As far as I know, the sleeping 7 year old girl is the only one who hasn't been dragged through the mud.
You can't say that's not a pattern. Not honestly. Not when it happens every time. Not when there are so many that you never hear of half of them.
It's obscene, it's absolutely about race, and I will not let it go unchallenged. I don't care who doesn't want to admit it. I will NOT be complicit in this.
Now watch, Mestemia's going to be delighted that I actually did get emotional. Sorry, but anyone who's not angry, and hurt, and completely ****ing terrified by one killer cop after another literally getting away with murder is a damned stupid sociopath.
Because you're right - it can happen to anyone. It does happen to anyone. People call for an ambulance and get an execution from cops tagging along. So maybe we can show a shred of human decency to their favorite targets, huh?
For God's sake, they're saying a 12 year old had it coming because he was playing with a TOY.