The only word that comes to mind when I think of the case of Ronald Greene is "tragedy". It is tragic for so many reasons: tragic because of the fear he must have felt, tragic to see another black man beaten like a dog in the street (worse than a dog in the street; we all know cops love dogs more than black people), tragic because this god fearing man was treated like a common criminal even though he followed the appropriate christian social cues (no love for thy neighbor is the white christian blue lives matter lexicon), but most of all it is tragic because it has given the media a chance to pretend it actually cares again. It is almost painful watching these high salaried intellectuals attempt to feign interest in the matter of the black American populous. What do they know about it? The cops are not coming to their news studios with SWAT teams; they are protected because they are a part of the establishment. They are on television everyday, telling you that congress is going to beat the republicans this time, wondering how much further they can stretch that lie until their ratings take a plunge. Am I saying that media gets paid off by political interest? Perhaps. It would not be all that shocking to me if it had come to that; the news is so plain Jane these days that it would not surprise me one bit. I have also seen documentaries, some of them very well done, exposing the clash between corporate media companies and their sponsors; often times such reports leak after solid investigative reporters do a shocking report on a particular sponsor of their network. The exposed corporation then threatens to pull out their cash unless the reports are silenced. The network, scared like a bunch of little babies about losing a few viewers from their already massive followings, kills the report, generally causing the investigative reporter to resign (sometimes willingly and sometimes not). Though, the aforementioned scenario makes for great documentaries, I would much rather my news station opt for exposing the truth. What is it exactly that they are supposed to do aside from telling the truth? Are we watching the news for the witty banter? Because if that is the case these lame reporters should be filed under daytime television. The New York Times recently wrote an article entitled, "Four Ways the United States Has Changed Since George Flyod's Death". Now, after a long day of watching people mock George Flyod on the one year anniversary of his death, you may understand how I would be a bit irritated. Any comment sections beneath a video about Flyod is full of comments that basically say he deserved to die a horrible death. That is how many Americans feel. How many Americans feel this way? Well, if you look at the data, you will see it is the exact same amount of people that thought he should have died in the street like a dog a year ago. So, literally nothing has changed. Nothing. Where do such reports even originate? In the land of rainbows and puppy dogs perhaps. Who knows? The human mind is quite funny; it tends to wrap things up in neat little packages when it tires of them, maybe apply a fresh coat of paint here and there. But that does not fix any problems and, of course, this is the point. When the media comes in and attempts to pretty up the neglect for black humanity in this country it is my job to call that out. Why? Because of my child. Because I want him to at least see me stand up for myself. It is the least I can do for him. So what if it offends you or anyone else? It's not about you or anyone else. Of course you are tired of hearing about black people. That was always expected. What am I to do? Discard my convictions for your comfort? I cannot. I will not. What happened to Ronald Greene was not unforgivable. You just cannot say, "well, I'll get over it" to something like that, not after seeing the tape. I still feel the same way I always have about abuse of power as I always have as well. I despise it even still.