Wave of police incidents a growing trend, or coincidences?

Wave of Police incidents a growing trend or coincidences ?

On July 17 an unarmed black man, Eric Garner was killed by a white police officer in New York City. The man was killed when officers attempted to arrest him for suspicion of selling loose untaxed cigarettes. On August 9th another officer fatally shot an unarmed 18 year old boy, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. A twelve year old boy named Tamir Rice was shot and killed by an officer because his pellet gun was mistaken for a real one. Then on November 24th it was announced that a grand jury had declined to indict officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown. Later a grand jury in Orangeburg County, South Carolina returned a murder indictment against a former police chief in the shooting of an unarmed man. All of these incidents have something in common. In each occurrence unarmed people, excel for the child with the pellet gun, had their lives taken by police officers. All officers involved were white and all of the deceased were black. These incidents have created a sort of racial tension in this country. But some question whether or not these incidents are a growing trend or series of coincidences creating buzz in new reports and social media. And yet, no firm statistics can say whether this spate of officer-involved deaths is a growing trend or simply a series of coincidences generating a deafening buzz in news reports and social media." We do not know the exact number of people who die in police custody so how are we to know if this is a problem that has been occurring and is now receiving more attention or if it is a growing trend. John O'Leary claimed that prosecutors are trying to make it racial with all the national issues going on at the same time the timing is perfect, but putting an officer in jail for 30 years for doing his job is wrong. But is it right to make murder legal if the murderer involved has a badge? There needs to be some sort of solution to this problem. Police officers need to learn how to do their jobs without taking the lives of young black men.