A wise poster wrote: Black people should not have to be perfect to stay alive, be seen, be loved, and protected.

Yes, you have black crime (gangs, domestic, etc.), just like you have "white, asian, hispanic, native" crime. ANY and ALL criminals should be arrested, tried and incarcerated. Statistics, raw numbers, media coverage and perception all play a part in the American psyche.

I posted the first line to remind folk of this, because of all the hoop-la about "Black Lives Matter" ... a phrase brought about due to glaring inconsistencies in how crime is treated in this country.....how many mass shooters were taken into custody without a scratch? How many black victims of police shootings were unarmed, NOT committing a crime or guilty of a misdemeanor at best? That's why people say "black lives matter", because the lives of those mass shooters mattered enough to be taken alive. Remember, while black folk are being shot for carrying a toy rifle in a dept. store, or being "suspected" of having a gun, or confronting a non-policeman who is tailing them, Kyle Rittenhouse was running around with an illegal assault rifle in a riot zone, and was NOT arrested when he ran up to cops and stated that he just shot someone. Or a middle aged white guy could meander in a highway meridian brandishing an assault weapon, and be talked down for 1/2 hour to give up that weapon and voluntarily submit to arrest.

Just a reminder, folks.