Argument

Reading a little bit about this NYC police case...and the cop strangling the guy...I think the smartest argument, the argument to get the most people on your side to reduce police brutality, violence, and murder, would not to focus on race. Race makes people stop listening. And most people believe we are headed in the right direction regarding race relations in this country. I just saw a group of black comics last night and to a person, most of them made racial jokes about how they don't experience racism the way their ancestors did. One lady joked that she was glad she was born in the 80s, because if she was around in the 60s, she wouldn't have made it. She couldn't handle the police dogs and fire hoses and would've preferred to make sandwiches for the marchers. Another guy talked about how his mother was racist against white people because they treated her like shit. He was like, "I get along with white people, they put me on a TV show." Point being, EVERYONE can get behind the problem of police using excessive force unnecessarily. We all relate to police excess and power mania. And perhaps, just perhaps, this not only happens to be the polically smart movie, it might also be the truer narrative as well.