Quote:I'm sure it sucks to be black and to live in a neighborhood that cops patrol more often. I'm sure it sucks to deal with that on an everyday basis. I'm sure it sucks to have a criminal history and to be judged for that every time you interact with an officer. Maybe if you cooperate and show you aren't a threat. Maybe if you make positive changes in your own life and in your community it won't be patrolled as much. Maybe if you get enough kids in your community to grow up and be cops and make change from the inside we won't have to deal with these problems in the future. Maybe I wrote too much already and am just a Bigot or Racist and you didn't even get this far into this statement. I try very hard to be as logical as possible. I want accountability from all sides.

To me this is the crux of the argument. Blacks need to change this and blacks need to change that. Our tax dollars are no different than yours. We both fund this public service. If a cop has to shoot someone it should be patently obvious. If #alllivesmatter, that includes criminal sorry, hence the word "all." The valuation of our lives is different and has been. The cries of unjust police behavior are nothing new, dating back to before I was born. So we're going at least 35 years back. Back then ppl wanted to see it to believe it, but even when they do a jury even less sympathetic let's them off the hook. Yet you want me to take my chances in court. Now the rally is for us to make internal changes when in fact police behavior should so far exceed the standard. But reality is you don't value our lives the way you value your own and therefore are excepting of bad police behavior and not demanding a change there where we collectively pay for their service.

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