The strange death of Freddie Gray

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

Dell, you may be right in what you say, I admit that I don't know anything about Mr Gray but the issue is much larger than that. All across this nation we are seeing young black men dying at the hands of police, and with the explosion of social media, it's being caught on video or broadcast immediately via 24/7 media outlets. There is an unavoidable conclusion that mistrust of the police particularly within the black community has been simmering just beneath the surface for a long time and there is a danger of the streets of our nation exploding into violent protest. I am only suggesting that a problem exists and marginalizing the victims is not the answer.

We are also seeing young white men die at the hands of police, in fact more frequently than young black men.

What's really sad is we are seeing far more young black men and women being killed by young black men than by police. However many of those victims aren't being chased or pursued for crimes, real or suspected but walking to school, playing in the park, sitting on their front steps and even lying in their beds.

There definitely is a problem in this country but making police the scapegoat is absurd.