Blue Lives Don't Exist

[Mister Agenda]

Do those numbers mean that police who kill unarmed civilians should not be held accountable? Because my perception is that it is the cops getting away with it that has people angry. Sometimes it seems like if there aren't people protesting in the streets, the cops (or even private citizens who kill unarmed black people) get away with it or only get a relative slap on the wrist that doesn't prevent them from continuing to work in law enforcement. I don't see how the cases being isolated in the grand scheme of things makes it okay for the people charged with making sure justice is served to not act swiftly in these cases. If you killed an unarmed person in the street and police saw it, you wouldn't be going home to your family until they sorted out whether it was justified or not and assess how much the public will be upset if they don't arrest you. They'd hold you while they investigated. That's how we should handle doubtful police shootings, and the hold should turn into an arrest if they would arrest a civilian who did the same thing. Allowances for being a cop with a hard job to do have to have a limit or the police wind up being no more than the gang in charge.