This is a short rant.
Like many of you, I continue to be outraged as each day seems to bring yet another story about law enforcement officers acting well beyond what the situation dictates, often leaving innocent people dead, wounded, and as was noted today, paralyzed.
But it seems to me that there is one consistent item in most of these events: someone who is scared of a person of color calls 911 in order for the police to "deal with it."
While the actions of law enforcement which have stepped over the line need to be discussed (and let's be clear - this is a very small number of the interactions that LEO have with the general public on any given day), shouldn't we also be talking about the unwarranted fear that some have in our society for others?
Shouldn't we be talking about how some fear men of color for no actual reason?