Read that link. My heart hurts. And I don't have the right words to say, so I'll borrow some really true ones from the author of that article:
"Michael Brown was a good kid, by accounts of those who knew him during his short life. But that's not why his death is tragic. His death isn't tragic because he was a sweet kid on his way to college next week. His death is tragic because he was a human being and his life mattered. The Good Kid narrative might provoke some sympathy but what it really does is support the lie that as a rule black people, black men in particular, have a norm of violence or criminal behavior. The Good Kid narrative says that this kid didn't deserve to die because his goodness was the exception to the rule. This is wrong. This kid didn't deserve to die because he was a human being and black lives matter."
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