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>Killing anyone is a shame; however, white on white, black on black, or black on white gets a pass, but white on black? The shame... And for the president to get involved is mind boggling. If it was a white kid shot by a black kid, do you actually thing Obozo would get involved?

JB, here's the situation - kind of stepping back for a moment.

Let's take the case of Trayvon Martin, and the case of the man who was choked to death by cops up in NYC a few weeks ago, and now this.

- Trayvon Martin smoked pot from time to time, got high from time to time on Promethazine + Codeine + Iced tea, was getting into a culture of fighting, got in trouble for fighting at school, was thrown out of his mom's house for fighting, and likely started the fight with Zimmerman.

- The man in NY who was choked - was selling single cigarettes on NYC streets to kids, in violation of city laws, and definitely resisted arrest. (I've watched the video)

- This 18 year old in Ferguson - likely stole cigars/cigarettes/gum from a local store (and by the way, that's NOT new news concocted by the police, that was reported days ago) and caused a bad scuffle with a cop.

All 3 showed bad judgment. I don't think anyone can argue with that. We've all shown bad judgment at times...(though maybe not with the police.) And I'll even take Barack Obama's mantra on foreign policy and apply it here..."Don't do stupid stuff". All 3 did things that were stupid.

But that doesn't mean they should pay for it for their lives (and I'm not suggesting you or anyone thinks that). If I had to pay for my dumb mistakes in that fashion, I'd be dead 100 times over. Sure, I can argue that all 3 might be alive today, had they shown better judgment. But I won't argue for one second that their deaths are their own fault.

There's a missing piece here, another common denominator in all three situations that takes precedence - conflict resolution during tense situations. Zimmerman, the NYC cops, and the Ferguson cop, all very likely made worse mistakes that cost the lives of others. They were in positions of authority/responsibility, and unless there's some huge piece of evidence in the Ferguson case to contradict what's been reported, all three blew it.