we are all oscar grant (and dymond milburn, michael cho, adolph grimes...)

I am looking for answers.

I want to know how many police have ever been convicted of the wrongful death of any civilian of any color.

I want to know how complicit our media is in police shooting acquittals.

I want to know how many people of color are killed by police each year without justification.
(or is there always a justification for killing us?)

I want to know how many civilians are really killed by police in hinky shootings.

I want to know how many police departments have serious problems with charges of police brutality and abuse and why they aren't doing anything about it.

I want to know when we're going to start seeing that it's not just about police shooting black people.

I want to know how police departments train their cadets.

I want to know why a transit security force is equipped like a small army, and with less oversight.

I want to know when we're going to start looking at our police forces as the ticking bombs they are.

I want to know what any of us would do if three unidentified men tried to grab a 12-year old daughter, called her a prostitute and beat her while trying to get her into a van - and we discovered they were cops.

I want to know what makes a 'good' shooting.

I want to know what 'resisting arrest' really is and how to do it without losing my life.

I want to know if these continued acts of violence by police count as civil/human rights violations.

I want to know how many American cities have become blanketed by police surveillance cameras - and yet their first move is to confiscate cameras that capture their bad acts. (In this case, they missed a few.)

I want to know if you feel safe when you see a cop.

I want to know if you think your skin color protects you from police violence.

I want to know how to connect the dots and put these acts of state-supported violence in a larger sociopolitical context.

I want to know what can be done.

(if there are comments: keep it civil and as non-racist as possible.)