Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature... not the Peace Prize.

I’m a black man in my thirties and my favorite sport is baseball, and that can be an incredibly lonely experience. Like Rock, I’m also a Mets fan, and I became a National League fan in part for the same reason he did (his father, like mine, hated the AL because it somehow managed to be even more racist than the NL).

If you read his comment history, the satire becomes even more hilarious! As in...don’t read his comment history.

It just makes you wonder...at what point do you sit a black child down and go "Hey, so, um...here's the thing. Through no fault of your own, a lot of people are going to fear you. Lord help you if you're male, but you don't have it much better if you're female, truthfully speaking. Good luck!" So fucking sad to think…

Girl, you and me both. If I had actual marketable skills, I would have tapped the fuck out of this country right after college.

This. There's more than one problem here.

I’m not going to say you’re wrong, but her children get a pass on this one.

Conjugal visits aren’t something that is done much anymore. It’s hard to believe, but he may just be a moron.

Children of parents who murder their siblings are allowed to be in denial.

No one can convince me that these aren’t modern day lynchings. No one.

Read the comments on the linked articles, and on local news sites.

White people intrinsically fear black people. Its been manufactured, but its been working for 500 years. White people* will cheer when they sign the documents creating the 21st century versions of internment camps because of this fear.

Agreed. I have anxiety that can make me panic at minor things. Apparently I’d make a great cop, who knew!

And “one taillight was out even in a state that only requires on working taillight”. You get framed for taser stealing for that.

Uh, if all of these policemen are so darn scared of young, unarmed men and women, can someone PLEASE explain to me why they remain policemen?

This case is bad that even the standard trolls haven’t shown up yet. That’s how beyond terrible this is.

Let's put this on bumper stickers. Then just drive around and cry.

I really don’t understand these cops and their “I was in fear for my life” and “I felt threatened” BS. Seems like if they’re THAT scared, maybe they chose the wrong job.

What the fuck is it about white guys needing to tell people to quiet down and shooting when they’re not obeyed? You’re not the boss of me, grandpa!

He said, on Monday, “I also explained to the family that if this is what they needed for closure—for me to be charged—I hope they got what they were looking for.”