re: St Louis: Unarmed teen shot and killed by police, riot in progress.

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Orly? Do explain how it's different.

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Come spend the week with me in the inner city of Memphis working with kids who are just like Mike Brown and I'll show you. The black community is fractured, untrusting, and expects the cops to use force on them. Sometimes it justified, in this case I don't think it was.

White suburban kids, like myself, were raised to fear and respect law enforcement. If a cop told me to do something I did it, no questions asked. Most kids who come from stable educated homes can pull this off.

Most inner city black families have no discipline, no daddy, and no education. They trust no one, especially cops. I have seen white cops treat 8 yr old black kids like absolute trash before, explain to me how to get away with murder if I caught somebody in my all black neighborhood stealing from my car, and a whole host of other things. Cops are going to have to be trained on how to handle situations differently when they approach them. Had that officer shown a little patience and just talked to the kid and built trust with him he could have actually changed the situation and possible the kids attitude about law enforcement.