The lack of charges being brought to murderers of black men is reinforcing St Louis PD's smug belief that black lives don't matter. Of course they are gloating, they seriously believe the "moral majority" is supporting them.

For the comfort of our officers, please make sure that any children darker than Pantone Gold Tone are thoroughly covered with light-colored pancake makeup whenever they leave the house. Don't make the common mistake of forgetting their hands! Or they might get shot!

"Clearly, the St. Louis Police Department is incredibly in touch with their community, and with American society at large. All cops are"

scumbag (not you obvy)

That and to be white and understand the second Amendment is only for white people.

"after white officers hung a noose up in the office to intimidate black officers. [James] Murphy, the supervising officer, refused to take it down, and said it was all in good fun."

A few things.

1. SHOOTING A CHILD OVER THIS IS NOT OKAY. It would be better to stop him, explain that we shouldn't be just carrying this around, and explain to his parents why this could be an issue.

What in the actual fuck did I just read? Did the St. Louis Police really think this is how "working together" works?

Ahhh yes, give them all the warnings in the world. But you know, 12 year old kid. Have you ever met a 12 year old, they are dumb as hell. I don't trust them to know how to bathe properly, let alone how to handle interacting with a racist police department.

Conspicuously missing advice:

I... I honestly do not no how to fix this short of burning the village to save the village. There's almost nothing worth saving in this department.

I can't write a response better than this woman's so I'll just share hers.

Helpful! But they left out the most important tip - have white children.

I feel that feeling. I read "dear sister" recently and some of the stories emphasized healing over punishment for rapists, which on a purely intellectual level I can somewhat understand. Emotiinally though, I just want to burn those men to ash. I do not see that changing in my lifetime.

I feel the same way. It's fascinating to me that Suz writes about her mother and sister distancing themselves, avoiding and not accepting her, but seems to attribute that solely to gender identity. Maybe they simply felt angry and betrayed because someone they loved was abusing them.

Yeah, the line between explaining and excusing is a fine one. I think the author is right that we can't solve this problem on a fundamental level until we look at the systemic context, but context doesn't make individual responsibility go away.

I also really dislike the notion that feminism must fix men's problems. Women have enough problems, and men certainly haven't been helping us. Why on earth are we supposed to, yet again, spend less time on women's issues so we can focus on men? Where are the men on this? The only rights movement they've managed to…

The older I get, the more I believe that capitalism and patriarchy as so intertwined that we can't get rid of one without getting rid of the other.

I can't help but feel like this is kind of a cop out for abusive behavior. Yes, it is incredibly difficult to break the patterns of abuse...but it is not impossible.

Damn. I agreed with this so much but still have reservations. I understand that abusers were likely once victims but I can't help but still feel very angry and betrayed by them. It's just one of the core tenets I live my life by and I find forgiveness very, very hard.