It was supposed to be a fun Sunday night concert. My sister was posting on Facebook and taking pictures with friends. As Jason Aldean got into his music set, bullets thundered into 22,000 people tightly packed in a stadium.
Donald J. Trump suggested "Stop and Frisk" as a means to help get guns off the streets of places like Chicago that are experiencing upticks in gun violence. Hillary Clinton touted police reform as a way to help race relations.
Just as the larger white populace was not vilified by Dylann Roof's acts, it should be understood that Micah Johnson does not represent the minds of African Americans or the Black Lives Matter movement. We need to learn from Charleston and Black history in America to not tie a lone wolf to a group.
It is sad that when a person is Black, time must be spent presenting a "non-thug" resume before other cultures will give said person the benefit of the doubt. And, even then, the benefit of the doubt is not guaranteed.