America is exploding with racial tension. We, who are children of those who lived through the Civil Rights Era, often subscribe to the belief that life is better for Black people than it was in previous years. We’re not wrong about that. Life is better. Laws protect us from blatant disregard for our daily rights. Laws protect us from lynch mobs and directly racist efforts to stunt our progress. Laws say that we are equal and that we have as much access and right to the “American Dream” as anyone else.
Unfortunately, laws cannot protect us from hearts. Laws cannot protect us from people who shoot first and ask later (or not at all). Laws cannot protect us from the snap judgement that registers when ill-equipped officers respond to situations involving persons they’ve been taught to fear.
In the wake of the #MikeBrown shooting in Ferguson, MO and, more recently…
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