When the president of the United States is an African-American and the highest law enforcement official is African-American, as well, Americans who are not African-American need to be reassured that there will be equal justice for all.
There is a concern in many communities that criminals who are black get too lenient sentences and fall into recidivism, i.e., are released and continue to commit violent crime. There is also a concern that the black community itself has not adequately addressed the problem of violence, as for example, (1) in organizing workshops especially for black youth that deplore and stigmatize violent behavior and (2) in publicly inveighing against the glorification of machismo and violence.
Anger management classes.
Black parents need to be more concerned about violence in their own families and have a much less indulgent attitude towards it. Violence does not have to be a way of life, Blacks can and must make these choices. No one else can renounce violence for them.
When they raise out-of-control children, it is not society that is responsible.
It is not just police culture that needs to change.
The President and the Attorney General need to address the issue of staggeringly high rates of violent crime in the African-American community for me and others to have confidence that there will be equal justice for all.*
* As the LGBT community knows, this President requires ample evidence from sectors of the electorate in order to be motivated sufficiently to take more than symbolic action.
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