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I figured it was just a matter of time before things came to a head in the ongoing conflict between black males and white policemen. It's a situation that is deeply rooted not only in the history of this country but in the DNA of it combatants. It has much to do with authority, and those who resent the ones who possess it, a situation dating back to the days of slavery. African Americans have always been this country’s stepchildren, and heirs to its injustice. Centries later in the year 2016, a showdown looms. as blacks have finally joined the ranks of terrorists. The retaliatory killing of 5 white policemen by a gunman angry over the slaying of 2 black men could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and a sand storm of vengence threatens to be the result. The only hope is that cooler heads will prevail, and a consensus that all lives matter will be reached. But, bringing this rhetoric to fruition calls for political correctness which is currently out of favor. So the rift between whites and blacks seems destined to continue because in a society where institutionalized racism remains, black is black and white is white and “neer the twain shall meet”. IMO As luck would have it, the one person benefiting from this tragedy is Donald Trump the spokesman for those who want to return to the past. These events are sure to have an influence on the millions of white voters trying to make up their minds about who to vote for. Outrage over the deaths of 5 policemen in Dallas at the hands of an uppity black buck doesn‘t bode well for the liberal agenda. Hillary is in great danger of once again losing her bid to be the first woman president, left to spend the rest of her days babysitting her grandchildren, her wardrobe of pant suits going to waste. SMH. What lies ahead for the USA? Lord, if you haven’t given up in disgust, have mercy on America, The Ugly. (Meanwhile, all you good Christians out there, pray that my forecasts won't come true.)

I'm becoming more and more convinced that there just simply are not that many smart, conscientious, and righteous people. We all want police officers with all of these qualifications; but where are they going to come from? Cops are asked to put their lives on the line, work crazy hours, and deal with the worst of humanity all for a relatively low wage. It is simply unrealistic for us to expect exemplary behavior from all of them at all times What surprises me is that we don't have more low life racist cops doing evil things. If you want cops to behave better you really have to compensate these professionals accordingly. Cops as have to be treated professionally by their superiors. Cops in my neighborhood seems to be under a great deal of pressure to give out tickets. This is stressful for both the community and the police officers. Of course this increases the number of confrontations and the likelihood another brother gets killed. Usually the extra, and unnecessary, pressure cops are put under is political in origin.

Like Cynique said....yes. And as long as AfroAmericans continue to occupy the role as "children" in this society refusing to take control of their own destiny and design a future for themselves they will continue to find themselves asking this and other similar questions over and over again. If you don't want to be victimized by White racism then do something about it. Send your sons and daughters to the police force so that they can be apart of law enforcements to ensure that cops aren't misusing or abusing their power. In many respects AfroAmericans are like little children living in someone else's house who refuse to take responsiblity for their own communities but would rather sit around waiting for White people in power to "treat them right".

With this being an election year I was thinking the same thing about Trump. This incident will probably benefit him because it will stoke the fears of an already on-edge White conservative demographic. As far as the shooting...... They say only one man was involved but when it first broke out I saw reports where SEVERAL people were being held in custody. I know they say the guy was ex-military but wouldn't it be pretty hard for one lone man to gun down 11 trained officers. As with most muliple shootings that are covered in the media, the "facts" keep changing over and over again. Like I said numerous times. The solution to this problem of police brutality and racism is to have MORE well trained Black police officers who know our people and can deal with them justly instead of overreacting, which ultimately leads to situations like this

Black Music is not dying. Open your ears and mind and look for the artists. They aren't on tv, but they are on YouTube. Start with Maxwell and you will find the Foreign Exchange http://amzn.to/29nTewK and their extended family of Zo! http://amzn.to/29UYcmk and Eric Roberson http://amzn.to/29myx9i. Multi Instrumentalists and singers like Dwele http://amzn.to/29nT2gU and then you can bring it back to the women like Emile Sande http://amzn.to/29A99fE and Corrine Bailey Ray. Black music is doing very well. It's just not in the mainstream anymore. I posted a link because someone else said the same thing about music dying and I thought to myself that it's not dying, it's just harder to find. Here is a list that includes Gregory Porter and Jose James: http://www.cbpublish.com/music-get-these-songs-and-then-ride-out/