re: Why are black people so emotionally invested in these police shootings?

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It really doesn't make any sense.

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Well, it does. During their (it must be admitted) very arduous journey as a people - from their enslavement on the Continent (at the hands of folks of all races, creeds or colors), the middle passage, the American chattel slavery experience (largely in the rugged, unforgiving South working in agriculture and dangerous resource extraction work), Reconstruction, Jim Crow and, ultimately, the 1950s/60s civil rights Struggle(tm), they developed a number of survival skills and instincts.

One of the main ones was to stick together at all costs. Another one was to instinctively distrust the motivation and intention of white people, however outwardly benign or well-meaning these white folks might appear. In addition, they inherently mistrust white people when there is a bad outcome for black folks. (Now, this is all well and good, but does not necessarily explain their blind loyalty to white democrats after 60+ years of utter failure.)

Tribalism is baked into all of our DNA as it is. IN particular, sticking together served them well for the longest time, although it is not serving them well at all, currently.

It is what it is.