This week in race

What America heard and saw about race this week.

CHARGED

• [black] Police officer indicted on holding a gun to a suspect’s mouth
• [black] Police officer that was caught lying on dashboard cam as he assaulted an unarmed man
• [white] Police officer that was also caught lying on dashboard cam as he assaulted an unarmed man

FIRED

• [white] Police officer who wrote Ferguson protestors “deserved it” on Facebook (technically he resigned)
• [white] Police Officer who said ‘Go fuck yourself’ to protestors in Ferguson and pointed his loaded gun

NO CHARGES FILED

• [white] Police Officer who killed Mike Brown
• [white] Police Officer who choked Eric Garner to death
• [white] Police Officer who killed Jonathan A. Ferrell as he knocked on doors seeking help after an accident
• [white] Police Officer who killed John Crawford as he was playing with a toy gun in Walmart
• [white] Parents of a 9 year old that accidentally killed her instructor with an Uzi
• [white] Police Officer who tasered Christopher Lollie in front of his children in public

NOT FIRED

• [white] Teacher who said she wanted to stab the kids she was teaching on Twitter