"By all accounts, Brown was One Of The Good Ones. But laying all this out, explaining all the ways in which he didn't deserve to die like a dog in the street, is in itself disgraceful. Arguing whether Brown was a good kid or not is functionally arguing over whether he specifically deserved to die, a way of acknowledging that some black men ought to be executed."

This really strikes the heart of it to me. We don't talk about how the majority of people wait to see what the deceased look like before deciding if he "deserved it" or not.

We've been indoctrinated to the militarization of our police forces. It's become a fact of life here in America. We criticize those who fail to act accordingly.