Wall Street Journal op-ed:
Hold officers accountable who use excessive force,
but there’s no evidence of widespread racial bias

Why is George Floyd getting a nationally televised funeral? Is this the new black hero? Is this what blacks want their children to aspire to? He was a loved human being who deserves his final rest but this glorification is so whacked.

He was a man with a violent criminal past, who was resisting arrest while taking drugs, and after the police were responding to a call that he was passing counterfeit bills. None of those things are capital offenses, and he shouldn't have died. It was a shame that he did. But he is no hero.

The problem here is that we conservatives bring logical knives to an emotional gun fight, which means we will lose every time.

I don't have any idea how it is to live as a black person in this country . . . in the world for that matter. But, just a couple of observations. Yes, some police officers are racists, and exploit that racist thinking. I'm sure racism exists, both white and black. In my world, I don't encounter the racisim that nearly everyone says exists. Perhaps, I'm blind to it? But, I read and see on the tube, a lot of black people being ripped off, stolen from or even killed. Mostly shot. Should not the mistreatment and killing of blacks, especially by young black men in our large cities be addressed? Black on black crime, it doesn't get talked about, or seemingly nothing done about it. I dunno, just the way I see it.

This has always been the case. If anything, black criminals get more gentle treatment in many cases because of these massive racial backlashes that keep happening. And even when the cases are LOST IN COURT, the lie persists. The lie of "hands up don't shoot" was proven that the thug reached into the police car, slugged the officer and was grabbing for his gun, and then was shot as he ran at the officer in full attack mode. Proven in court....but the lie remains. Case after case - the BLM lies proven to be lies - yet the Enemedia lets them stand, supports them. I agree with the headline. Hold officers accountable

sorry - accidentally hit submit. Hold officers accountable if they do wrong. But there is NO evidence of actual "systematic racism" -- other than affirmative action.

Do it!!! Get rid of the police and NEVER stop a person of color for a car infraction-EVER. Let them loot-everything free. See how long the store owners stick around. Also get rid of ambulances and fire engines. They will be called in fraudulently and trucks burned and employees killed, Leave them to themselves (as scripture says). Chaos will ensue quickly.

Study after study refutes the cops are out to kill blacks argument. Anyone who wants to see more of this type of police on civilian killing and how the media reports it, just do a web search of the Tony Timpa death at the hands of the Dallas Police in 2016. One thing we can be certain of is that the media and demo's are doing this tp peel votes away from the president, and if they are successful; they will go back to treating blacks as second class citizens.

Sorry, but look up the case of Archie Williams. He was a poor, black man in Louisiana who the system decided needed to pay for the crime of a white woman being raped. He spent 37 years in prison, but he was exonerated by the innocence project after DNA analysis was used, and it showed another person, a serial rapist, committed the offense he spent 37 years in prison for. This not only took the police, but the prosecutors, the judge and the local politicians (who demanded the case be solved) to convict this man of something they KNEW he didn't do. This type of railroading should also shock the conscience of everyone, and is likely more what is meant by systemic racism in the system (police, prosecutors, judges and politicians). It isn't just the police that are involved in these types of issues. It's as simple as Right and Wrong, period. If careers were launch as a result of such flimsy evidence and convictions, then those people will have to deal with it (not sure how one's conscience would allow them to advance a career at someone else's expense) I would like President Trump to demand all of the cases the Innocence Project has been considering, or didn't have funding to take on, be reviewed thoroughly again. We have DNA technology that can prove if someone is innocent, or been wrongly convicted.

Po' White Folk been railroaded into the "Justice" system right along with their Black Bruthas. Corrupt Police (such as they exist) care little about skin color....but they need to write some business and rich folks lawyer up and fight back. So.....many a rural red-neck who you might be quick to call a "Peckerwood" (you know who you are) may well get the same treatment from the Po-Po as you do.

I am completely with you #9. And, yes, there is some racism issues in the overall criminal justice system--not necessarily among the police either. However, the problem is more likely an economic issue as well as prosecutorial misconduct. First of all, innocent people are more likely to do time if they are poor. The system is set up against people who cannot afford a good attorney to defend them. Public defenders rarely defend their clients, and when they do, they don't do a very thorough job. Public defenders are more likely to work out a deal with the DA and a poor defendant is often pressured into taking the plea deal, otherwise, they will be facing much greater sentences. Also, a lot of the poorer defendants cannot afford to be locked up for any significant length of time because they have families to support and need to work. So, they will take a deal if it gets them out sooner. It doesn't matter if they are innocent. The DA wants to get a notch on his belt...make another conviction so he can get re-elected. Exculpatory evidence is often hidden away so they don't have to overturn the conviction too. There is so much wrong with our criminal justice system these days, but I have found that very little of it has to do specifically with race.

Data. You know, Facts. Stubborn things.