Seattleites: Let their deaths not have been in vain, either

The others.

Do not forget The others.

"We died not knowing why we were being attacked."



Have you ever heard of a mass protest by white people when a white person is killed by a non-white?

In the interests of equality and fairness, I have to ask:

Why weren't there huge riots by white people (and others) when the four Lakewood police were shot in cold blood by a black man several years?

Or Asian-Americans after Danny Vega, Dien Huynh, and Manish Melwani were killed by young black men?

Or Hispanic Americans in the face of the relentless hounding and public branding of George Zimmerman, to at least make sure that his side of the story--not just that of his attackers--was known to the public?

Will no one speak for them?  Were their deaths any less tragic than that of the young man in Ferguson?  Did they die in vain?

Is the pain and loss of their lives to their communities, families, and friends any less?   Please don't forget them.

Justice was not done in their case as long as these kinds of violent murders continue to occur, which they will, as the mentality of the community from which the killers came has not changed.

Remember what Right and Wrong are not only when you have been hurt but also when The Others have as well.

I can't figure America out.

The country has lost its moral compass, and I blame much of the media* for its biased reporting and commentary.  But the citizens, too, share responsibility for their silence in the face of demagogues and the masses whose emotions they whip up.



* The Stranger, The Seattle Weekly, Seattle Times, New York Times, Atlantic among others.