@Dutchess_III: “i don’t think the protesters gave a rat’s ass about the kid who died. They just took the opportunity to to their looting.”
What leads you to this conclusion? Are you doubting the anger, frustration, and helplessness the black community feels?
As a white middle-class guy, I would find it quite challenging to play mind reader and decide what is motivating people. I can listen to what they are saying is their motivation, however. And that motivation sounds legitimate to me. I don’t think we can expect that level of anger and frustration to always be expressed in calm, reasonable ways.
If you were to put yourself in their shoes for a moment – I mean, really imagine what it must be like – do you not feel rage brewing? What do you propose people do with that rage? Now, think for a moment what it would be like to have that rage and then to know that white suburban people are questioning the existence of that rage and the conditions that caused it. And then imagine white America shaking their heads and coming up with “What they really should do instead of riot is…..”. Wouldn’t you wonder why they were issuing critiques and mind-reading rather than trying to figure out what they could do to help solve the problem?