Stand united

Do people really think that police officers wake up and think, “I need to kill a member of a minority today, so that I can contribute to a racial war that may result in riots and other deaths, because I just don’t have enough people to serve and protect already?”

Do we think officers want the wrath of riots, investigations, harassment, slander and being deemed racist?

People kill people every day, but the media decide what group to blame. They pick a tragedy “theme” and build it up, so that more chaos is created for them to report. We, as a nation, buy into it, and fuel the fire. Racism, terrorism, clowns, everybody is out to get everybody, and it makes our country weak. We look for anything to fight over, because we’ve forgotten the whole “united we stand” thing.

Is that the kind of Americans we should strive to be? We’re worried about war with other countries but not war within our own?

We have the power to make a positive impact on each other, why are we choosing a negative one? This nation is out of control and we, the people, are the only ones who can change that.

This story was originally published October 26, 2016 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Stand united."