A Shot at the Star

And just to prove I'm not one of those "back the badge" creeps, I must maintain that my support of the KCPD in this instance is not based on principal but merely practicality. Everybody in this town (should) know the score. You do not threaten the KCPD and expect to live long...

And yet the hypocrisy from the people who demand answers for Livingston's death is exactly the kind of thing that makes fighting crime in minority communities so difficult and ultimately futile. The "answer" is that the guy made the unfortunate mistake of attacking police with a big ass blade; and for that there is no second chance. All over this town there are other instances of minorities "leaders" who fail to acknowledge the drug dealers, gangsters, thugs but mostly drug dealers in their own community that contribute to the same crime that the leaders rally against.

As a Latino in this town, I've seen far too many known drug dealers held up as martyrs and victims. However, I knew these people for what they were and while their deaths were tragic they were in no way undeserved.

Of course there will always be cases of people persecuted unjustly, and more than likely those people will be Black or Latino. However, not every minority killed by the police is a martyr and not every victim of violence is completely innocent.