Sarah - All The Book Blog Names Are Taken’s Reviews > No Justice: One White Police Officer, One Black Family, and How One Bullet Ripped Us Apart > Status Update

"Accountability and losing his job were the punishment I wanted for Cotton, and also Edwards, who's incompetence led me to being shot. I didn't think that was unreasonable or revenge tainted. It was simply the best outcome for all of us, mainly because both Edwards and Cotton had revealed that in the heat of the tough job of police work, neither was capable of making good decisions."

The Philando Castile story especially breaks my heart. He did everything he was supposed to do, he complied with every direction, and he was still murdered. This one hits especially close to home, as I was hoping at least the state I love so much could be immune to this madness.

"I was able to make sure to keep any impulse responses, you know, like being the stereotype of the angry black man, out of the public eye, and my frustrations were only meted out in privacy."

It shouldn't have to be this way. He was unjustly shot by a police officer. He should be allowed to be angry without it framing his story in a negative way.

"… Mainly because I don't want to walk this earth as a black man depends on people meeting in relationship with some other black men before they can overcome their prejudices and empathize with me when something bad happens."