Mistrial in Murder Case Against Cop Who Executed Walter Scott

My friend John wrote on Facebook that if you read "To Kill a Mockingbird" in school, you probably thought it was unfair when Tom Robinson was wrongly accused of rape and later killed after trying to escape jail when a jury convicted him anyway. Well, in the nonfictional case of Walter Scott's murder, an African-American man was executed and the murder was filmed. And a jury still wouldn't convict a white police officer who executed him and then lied about Scott having a gun in his possession. People keep telling us to soldier on -- and have the audacity to tell blacks they need to "wait for the system." But having already seen this exact same thing happen with Rodney King while I lived in Los Angeles -- a quarter century ago -- I'm more convinced than ever that there truly is no hope. If "all lives" truly matter, people, then why doesn't Walter Scott's?

South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Walter Scott

For those who don't believe there is a problem with the way our police interacts with minorities, ask yourself this:

Why were Michael Brown, Eric Garner, a 12-year-old (with a BB gun) and now this guy in South Carolina all "tried and executed" in the street while posing no legitimate threat to police, but armed James Holmes -- who had just murdered 12 people and injured 70 -- and armed Jared Loughner -- who had just murdered six and injured a dozen more -- and armed Ryan Giroux -- who killed one and shot five others in my old hometown Mesa, Ariz. -- were able to be apprehended unharmed?