Nobody is OK with what is happening. It is not OK to shoot anybody who is minding his or her own business. It is not OK to shoot cops. Not OK to shoot at cops.
Not OK to be at their hospital, jeer, and wish them dead. None of this is OK.
Those who think so are on the wrong side of history.
This is gasoline for the fire. When the President calls the perpetrator an “animal” this is the nexus of an attitude at the foundation of racism. The person who shot into a police car is a criminal. If we continue to avoid the conversation about why a segment of the population has more invested in lawlessness than in obeying the law, if we continue to characterize people as “animals” deserving of death, then the problems will perpetuate.
There are no one word solutions. “Animal, Thugs, Mutts,” only avoids the issue. It fosters an air of ignorance that we are all in this together.
Nobody is immune. What injures one injures all.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the officers injured in the latest police shooting. We pray for all the victims of violence and call for Peace.
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