This thread has taken a wild turn from what the OP originally posted. It is no question that police abuse their power... they have been doing it forever, it is just the fact that now it is more accessible to the masses because of social media and everyone having a camera in their pockets. The problem is not black people at all. The problem is the police and how they can pretty much get away with murder. No matter what a person did, no matter what their race, if they are unarmed and not a deadly threat they should be taken down without deadly force. Too many police officers shoot first and ask questions later, and too many "good" police officers turn their cheeks to what "bad" cops do. You never see a cop testify against another cop that they shot an unarmed assailant and killed them. It is a brotherhood built on power abuse. Also, if you have never dealt with the police first hand, I do not think you should comment on their characters. I have dealt with the police since I was a teenager, yes I have done things I might regret now, but i have seen the police beat a 16 years old kid into the hospital because he was calling them pigs. Totally unnecessary and those police should have been in jail for doing that but none were ever charged with anything. The system is corrupt. You will find plenty of police explaining how they are told to target people of color, and if they do not meet their quotas by the end of the month innocent people are harassed just for being a different color. Even black police do this. What America is going through right now is sad to say the least. It's sad seeing people killed by police, it's sad to see police being killed. It all just sucks. I often wonder how this will be told in the history books, or if it even will be at all.