This is the moment of truth: no one in the media is going to tell the exact, “true” story regarding Ferguson; there is always a spin or an angle or misinformation crafted toward the target audience that will deviate the story from the “whole” truth. That’s how journalism works.
Everyone needs to feel the right to be frustrated by the media, because it’s an entire bucket of red herrings. I’ve flooded my brain with enough different viewpoints streaming from social media to just want to crawl into a dark hole of frustration.
But the fact of the matter remains: a cop killed a black person.
Law enforcement should not be killing people. Killing another person is NO ONE’S job and should never be anyone’s job. This is my belief as a (developing) Christian pacifist. Law enforcement, across the board, needs a widespread change in their value system.
The fact of the matter also remains that blacks STILL experience systematic discrimination. Yes. Do. Your. Research.
Whether or not the cop acted out of self defense does not negate the fact that racism still allowed the entire event to occur.
And that should break our hearts.
The world is a long, hard day. We’ve got to start loving our neighbors if we want the hope to survive it.
If you’re looking for some more help grasping with this issue, check out this article a friend of mine shared with me: 12 things white people can do now because Ferguson.
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