.........................the law must apply with equal force to police officers of every color and origin. Similarly, the way in which jurors evaluate these tragic police shootings should never turn on the color of a victim's hair or skin. Instead, the critical inquiry must continue to be whether the officer reasonably perceived a legitimate threat to his or her life. And that must always be a color-blind assessment.
Each case is different - in ways other than skin color.
"Let's keep pretending that there are not a ton of racist police and prosecutors and judges."
Is that what happened here?
With the conviction? Probably - had everybody's races been reversed, the police officer would likely have been found innocent, as the overwhelming majority of police are in similar situations.
With the sentencing, again probably - had the officer been white, the sentence would have been shorter even if there had been a conviction. And that's assuming it even went to trial.
Black men are sentenced an average of 20% longer for equivalent crimes than white men.
You seem to be having a really hard time coming to grips with the realities of America, Kiiid. Racism pervades our criminal justice system from top to bottom and from childhood through old age.
And part of it is the vast number of white people who are not prepared to admit that that racism is there.