I didn't post here to try to change anyone's opinion. The discussion took a racial turn, so I jumped in to add a voice calling bullshit on that. This is a softball site, there are many Black members of our community and some may be reading this thread. The racial views expressed here don't represent the greater softball community by any stretch of the imagination.
All that said, this discussion has turned into something of a social experiment.
White people riot - just college kids acting stupid.
White right-wing extremists murder cops - they are one-off events. BTW, I only listed the two most recent examples, there have been at least three more (Richard Poplawski, Joshua Cartwright, and Jerry Kane) for a total of 10 dead officers in the last five years.
When Black people do these things, though, it's an uprising.
Double standard? Hypocrisy? Of course it is.