[KingOfJericho]

I do find it odd that the start of all of these recent and highly publicized cases was a crime being committed. Michael Brown had just committed a strong-arm robbery, Garner was selling loosies, and this most recent case was a traffic stop but the guy had outstanding child support issues and "didn't want to go to jail" so he attempted to evade the officer. Yes, all lives certainly matter equally but when you commit crimes, you are likely going to encounter the police and when you do, the right thing to do is whatever the officer asks of you. When you stray off that path, you are putting the officer in a situation where he has to use a degree of force. It can't be stressed enough: a criminal does not get to say "no, you can't arrest me" and have the situation end there. They're not just storming into church and picking off black men. It's just not happening. In each case, there was a criminal trying to evade arrest because he didn't want to be arrested.

I'm going to stress again that the officer in this most recent case was absolutely wrong for shooting the guy in the back but this would ultimately never have happened if he complied with the officer and took responsibility for his actions.