Why exactly is it "unfortunate?" One paragraph later, you said the position was too deep and an undrafted free agent outplayed him. Are you suggesting that they were supposed to keep him anyway?

You can wake up now.

Why don't departments track killings by cops - even if only to keep an eye out for any particularly trigger-happy officers for liability reasons?

Thank god. I am so sick of seeing black men and women told how they 'should' style their hair. Imagine if white people were told they needed to curl their hair before they could even look a basic level of presentable.

The argument will go full circle: because he was fleeing for his life, he was now a menace to the community. Just watch.

great article. look at that picture, cops wearing camo and fucking boots like this is a war zone. I don't know what it will take to stop this, but the people need to retake the streets from the police. there's clearly a racial element to this issue, but it's even deeper than that and it affects people of all races.

"There are reasons why white gun's rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying children's toys."

Jesus Christ.

Excellent piece Greg...wow.

Kill Whitey

My dad is the man.

You're right! Stalin didn't take any time out of his busy schedule of murdering people to post sexy selfies to the internet.

Death to these Zionist pigs.

No wonder most Americans automatically side with Israel, we're both wealthy nations filled with shamelessly self-absorbed assholes so far removed from any conflict we enter that it's incredibly easy to cheerlead for atrocities. I wish I could even be surprised that Violent Nationalism Selfies are a thing, but I can't.

Don't know how you guys walk around with those weird things between your legs.

Agreed. If there's anything good that comes out of this story, it's that at least I learned that a brave and great and wonderful girl, Jada, exists in this godforsaken cesspool called earth.

Aw, that's cute.