It’s August 2020 and another case of unjustified police violence involving the shooting, in the back, of an unarmed Black man, Jacob Blake, in Wisconsin has resulted in racial indignation and riots. This past year there have been several instances where police have been accused of actions resulting in the unnecessary death of Black men and women. I’m not about to argue that the rioting, violence, shootings and destruction of property by rioters (Black or white) are justified. No way!

However, in discussing this latest episode recently with a friend, I pointed out that such outrageous cases of police…