Two wrongs don't make a right. But the first one is still wrong.

Okay, I'll try to keep this simple: Killing cops is wrong.  Killing unarmed civilians is wrong.  Both are true; one doesn't negate the other.  Pointing out that police brutality is bad does not mean that someone thinks all cops are bad.  Don't tell me all civilian deaths are justified.  "Shooting a kid with a cap gun before stopping the car was justified."  Just don't.  "But he was a big kid!"  Yes, we live in America, some people are pretty darn big.  "It could have been a real gun!"  Yes, maybe; did you check?  If it was okay to kill anyone with a toy gun, most boys my age wouldn't have made it past 10 years old.  People are acting out revenge now.  There are crazies on both sides.  It has to stop.  And the NYPD can start to act like adults instead of babies; they don't want to do their jobs because people are (correctly) pointing out that one of them made a mistake?  I thought they were professionals.  Clearly, they are brats.

And then there's the whole "Not just black lives matter" backlash.  "All lives matter!"  Yes, indeed, all lives do matter.  That's the point!  It seems some forget, or don't care, that black lives matter.  Bringing that up doesn't mean white lives don't matter, that latino lives don't matter.  I can't believe I have to explain that.  It's just counteracting what's been going on, and hopefully raising awareness.  Maybe getting people to think a bit, feel for others, act decently. I have to say, observing the cruelty and ignorance of police "supporters," that I don't think any awareness is being raised.  Guess what?  You can't be a better person if you just don't want to be.  I'd like to see a bit of maturity, of decency, of sympathy and empathy on this issue.  I guess that's asking for too much.

I mean, come on, people.  What kind of country are we creating?  Conservatives want to take the country back to the '50s, apparently.  But it'll be even worse than that.  It's justified now to kill kids with toy guns?  Is that what we really want?  People are so cold.  It would be okay if your kid were playing in the alley, and someone shot him?  It's okay to choke someone to death, while he says he can't breathe?  Having asthma makes it justifiable?  Really?  Not horrific?  And conservatives wonder why people view them as cold-hearted bastards.  It makes me lose faith in humanity.  Or at least the possible existence of "compassionate conservatives."