First, when the media or a group or politicians, as has been done in this case, intentionally mis-state facts, all it does give people who are not well informed incorrect data on which to make decisions.

Second, as with most things in the media, the hype is being used to gain attention and draw in viewers and sell their product or score political points without regard for the damage they might do to the communities or people involved with the misinformation. There is no sense of perspective or in many cases, no sense that the facts should come in before judgement is rendered. When someone plays the last 50% of a situation on video where someone gets shot[or edits it], and we the public do not get to view the the entire situation, all bets are off for a conclusion. For instance, I noticed the loud mouth girl friend had a video of the policeman’s gun, but did not have anything on her boyfriend’s hands and what they were doing, how convenient….I have been there and I told everyone in the car to keep thei r hands in plain sight, that did not seem to be the case here. My point is there has to be perspective of the entire situation before all the MIS-INFORMATION is spread and acted upon, which even our our POTUS runs his divisive mouth on, instead of asking for that perspective.

The other perspective I was trying to convey is twofold, cops kill other varieties of people in the same ratio of as Blacks when they encounter them on “stops” on a statistical basis, so there is no case for main claim of brutality against Blacks. And the real crux of the matter is that whether anyone likes it or not cops profile, and Blacks commit a disproportionate amount of crimes for their 13% of the population, as in over 60% of all murders. Cops profile everyone, not just Blacks; my son [with my wife in the car who has blond hair and is over 60] was stopped twice the same night by the cops because he has a certain ‘look.’ It’s great that there are groups trying to stop the violence in the Black community, but the Black leadership at the highest levels starting with the President, Sharpton, J. Jackson …. Are making things worse, not better by stirring the pot and looking for money when the solution is jobs and education. When I was a graduate business student in Chicago I worked with the Urban League to help small minority businesses. That group was not impressive in that they seemed more concerned with their social events and saying they worked with our school than getting things done…not a fan of many of these groups since they help themselves not the folks.