4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence

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Sobering article.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/cops-or-...ing-shots/

Cops or collection agencies? In poor communities, police seeking fines end up firing shots

Jack Hitt, writing for Mother Jones, argues that part of the reason police crack down on communities, ultimately leading to the escalation of violence, is a result of an out-of-step police system, which, for many poor communities, functions more as a collection agency for the judicial branch than a means of protection for its citizens. For many of the headline-grabbing deaths of black citizens at the hands of police, a common thread exists: Victims are being targeted for relatively minor offenses.

Sterling’s bootlegged CDs, Castile’s broken taillight, Eric Garner’s loose cigarettes, and Michael Brown’s jaywalking—all of their deaths began with a petty violation, eventually escalating to a point where the alleged criminal—whose crime would, at best, earn the city a couple hundred bucks—is suddenly stripped of all due process and killed at the hands of police.

Of course, I'm sure the Black-Lives-Don't-Mean-Shit crowd thinks this is just fine.