Another Black man is dead. His name is Daunte Wright. Daunte had the audacity to have an expired plate and a warrant. My guess is, a 20 year old father was juggling finances and didn't have it all together. I know I didn't at that age. We don't learn much about credit and finances in school. He probably didn't have rich parents or a support system who could help him navigate the real expense of auto ownership or parenthood. I don't know his story, but I know the media is going to probably hang him out to dry and tell every bad thing about him they can find. 

My question is, should he have had to die because he 'was no saint'? Should he be dead because he ran? And can you say with certainty that he would be alive if he had not run? 

He did not fire on an officer or draw a weapon. He ran AWAY, not aggressively toward the police. If you have students, think about how you frame this when it comes up in your classroom. Prioritize loss of life, not looting. Prioritize the pain of his family and of the community. Comply or Die is not a thing.

You can teach them that our democracy should work better or you can teach them that extrajudicial killings are ok if a citizen does not comply with a police order. If you teach them the latter, if you believe the latter, we are all in grave danger.