I agree with almost everything said here. Ill just reply to a few main points addressed:
1. I currently have nothing positive to say about CJS. I'll remain open minded and patient with him, just as I would with KJ if he remained on the team. I don't hold grudges and like to give people time to grow.
2. Police brutality is an issue all races deal with, and I do agree with the premise that black people deal with this more often proportionally to other races. I've cited studies in a college paper that black people are 4x more likely to be arrested for weed despite similar usage statistics.
3. This article reminds me why I dislike the police's monopoly on force. Its predatory.
4. The absolute hate some silly phrase like "all lives matter" gets, while "black lives matter" gets plastered everywhere speaks to how primitive we are as an 'inclusive society'. Are we unable to unify on an objectively unifying slogan? Is that too much to ask for?
I'm not bitter at all. I like who I like, and don't who I don't. If I'm an NFL GM, I'd sign Sails regardless of politics if he was good enough (he's not). As a fan, I'd prefer players who aren't supporting racist movements, which is why we both likely support firing our bball coach. Hes a young man, and hopefully he grows for the better. I certainly was not perfect at his age, so I project my criticism with a grain of salt.
**My main problem with BLM is that it poses a government problem through the lens of race only, and its proposed solution is voting Democrat and Defunding the police, without proposing private policing. Well anybody who follows politics knows defunding government programs is not what Democrats do. So as an intelligent citizen, I just see empty racist pandering. Idk how that can't upset rational, critically thinking people. I want this problem solved just as much as you do man.
More Solutions: end civil asset forfeiture, and qualified immunity.