It's a good thing to be White In America, because you get to do things that other people could only dream of getting away with and go on living to tell the tale.
If you're white you can stand around on a street corner with a loaded Rifle and scream obscenities at the police for 10 solid minutes with no ID and not only will they not shoot you, they sit down with you and talk.
If you're white you can scream at Cops while armed with loaded weapons on the steps of the Texas Capitol, and while not get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed or beaten.
If you're White you can point loaded guns a federal Officials and not only not get shot, you can continue to spew violent anti-Police rhetoric as you push a cart filled with ammo down the street, and nobody will even look at you twice until you actually walk into a Cici's Pizza place and Murder Two Cops.
If you're white you can go on an actual shooting spree and point your gun at Officers, and still not get shot.
But if you're black, well that's a different story.
If you're Tamir Race with a toy, you get two seconds and your dead.
If you're Jonathan Ferrell or Jonathan Crawford you get about four seconds. Maybe.
If you're Darrien Hunt or Walter Scott you get shot in the back while running away.
If you're Eric Garner you get asphyxiated by a unauthorized choke-hold.
If you're Gregory Towns you get tased to death.
If you're Henry Davis you get beaten and then charged with the heinous crime of bleeding on the Officers Uniforms. Also it should be noted this guy was mistakenly arrested in the first place because his name was similar to the person they actually wanted, he'd done nothing wrong - and the Ferguson PD knew that before they beat him up.
Gee, ain't it good to be white? [For those of us who are?]
Fri May 22, 2015 at 9:51 AM PT: Made some minor fixes I was too tired to do earlier.