dduane:

(via Beloved Illustrator Mary Engelbreit Blasted Over Ferguson Artwork)

Before anyone considers this empty incitement of anti-law enforcement sentiment, consider this:1) Many people of color, because of the racism evidenced not just in the law enforcement system but in society as a whole that leads to so many presumptions that a person of color is more likely to be doing something unlawful to begin with, have to raise their children with lessons of how to interact with the police.  Many children of color learn not that the police are our friends, but how to be careful when interacting with them such that these children will be safe.2) That, and this image, is not making a statement specifically about police.  It is making a statement about a system and society that sets up these scenarios &amp;#8212; that teaches people that people of color are more likely to be criminals or aggressive or violent, that justifies acting on those presumptions, that leads to the long list of men and boys of color who were killed by police because they were assumed, perceived, or stated to be a threat, when the same actions against a white victim would draw a completely different set of consequences against the shooter(s).When I&amp;#8217;m supposed to teach children that police 