And some black people really deserve to get shot, probably a lot of them. But the point I'm trying to make is there is a lot of gray between the black and white. And the two ends of the spectrum feed on each other, each side using the other as an excuse and a justification to keep right on doing what they're doing. Everybody loves to play the victim, don't they?

This is why I have contributed so little writing to this particular hot-button issue. I really do think I can see both sides, and it is so sad. As Trump said (in another context, of course) "there are good and bad people on both sides..."

But I think I do disagree with you about one thing...this story is fundamentally economic. Its about money and class. Sure history and race play a role, too, as do reporting and media and politics and culture, and much of it has to do with gun control, but things happen for a reason, and as far as I'm concerned, the main reason here, the real deep reason, is economic.

I know absolutely nothing about the case you are discussing here, either the race or the income level of the participants. By itself, it means nothing, because it is an isolated case, I'm talking about the whole category of white on black police shootings, (and gun crime in the black community, including black on black violence) and the problems in the black community that lead to these shootings.

Its all about economic divisions connected to race. But they are not caused by race. And until we realize that, the killing will go on.