While I wasn't here, I voiced loud support for Philando Castille, Trayvon Martin, and Sam Dubose (a friend of a friend). I think this is one of the most obvious not because of race. I think I made that clear. It's obviously "bad" from a procedural, investigative standpoint. Video disabled, no explanation, partner "stunned", type of call they were responding to, and the amount of information they had. If you read the transcripts, they were responding to a possible female subject being raped. They had every reason to see her as the possible victim and no reason to suspect her, based on what we know.

I'm not saying that none of this is about race, and I'm not apologizing for racists. What I'm saying is if you focus on an obvious issue, and a hot button one, you create argument instead of discussion, which is not productive. Police departments need to reform their hiring, training, and leadership processes. No department, or person, will ever be perfectly free of racism until the world is, which isn't happening any time soon.

I still post updates about Trayvon, Philando and Sam on my twitter. I have nothing but disgust for their killers, regardless of the melanin content of their skin or genetic makeup. But when oppressed people, and I believe we all are, worldwide, fight amongst themselves, the really heinous stuff goes on unnoticed.

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