Do We Stand Over the Graves of the Dead, and Tell Them it is Their Own Fault?

   I do so wonder if we are not somewhat like standing over the graves of the murdered and saying. Well, it's your own fault.
   It's your own fault that we killed you. Oh, and don't bring race into this. Race had nothing to do with it.
   The person might, indeed, have been killed because of their race, but we will not so much as allow it to be said.
   Bless us. We mean no harm, but, it would be better if we were not this way. Oh, there are times when the person does force the police person's hand. There are times when there is no good choice but to shoot them, lest the person kill the officer instead. Let us not deny this.
   But there are also those times when the trigger is pulled when it shouldn't be. And, there are those times when being black prompts the trigger to be pulled more quickly.
   Do we cast our eyes upon them, so to speak, and say, If you had not been trying to get away from the cops, they wouldn't have shot you. It's quite your own fault.
   Yes, there will be those times. Our concern should be that there are too many times when the life could have been spared. There are too many times when we justify taking their lives rather than really needing to do so.