Mike Brown wasn’t armed, why did they shoot?

We chanted this yesterday as we marched down Dartmouth Street. We did other chants too, but this one made the most sense to me. Even though everybody in the street probably had a pretty good idea why the police shot Mike Brown, it was powerful to hear so many voices raised in a question that seemed shot through with anguish.

Here are some other things I heard.

“Every 28 hours somebody dies from police brutality. And they’re always Black, or brown.”

“Four years later we’re still waiting for the...