First off—let me be crystal clear—I am OUTRAGED by the brutal actions of those police officers. No sane person condones that kind of abuse of power. But here’s the real question: Why does it always take the death of a Black person caught on video to spark mass outrage?
Where’s the consistency? Where’s the honesty?
Take the formation of Black Lives Matter, for example. It didn’t explode into the national spotlight until George Zimmerman was acquitted in the Trayvon Martin case. So the outrage only mattered then? Not before, not after, and certainly not when the victims don’t serve a particular political narrative.
Let’s talk real numbers—because facts don’t lie, even when activists do.
In the year after George Floyd’s death (May 2020 to May 2021), 181 Black Americans were killed by police. That’s nearly 19% of the 966 total police killings—even though Black Americans make up just 13% of the U.S. population. A disproportionate number? Sure. But here’s what the activists never mention: White Americans made up 37% of those killed.
Where’s the candlelight vigil for them? Where’s the fiery march through downtown?
The problem isn’t that people are standing up against injustice. The problem is that they’re being selective about which injustice matters. Black Lives Matter? Really? Or is it more accurate to say: “Only certain Black lives matter—if they help push the agenda.”
ALL Lives Matter. Conservatives have been shouting that simple truth from the rooftops while being labeled racists for it. Why? Because we dare to apply that principle equally. Because we refuse to play politics with people’s deaths.
It’s time to stop the grandstanding, stop the division, and most of all—end the hypocrisy.