[spetznaz]

Comment? Well, the definition of hero has become quite diluted. A cop doing his job is now considered one? True heroism is a rare thing, but all and sundry can now be heroes simply by doing the necessary.

Anyways, I agree with the article but find it interesting how everyone is considered a hero nowadays. The chap who threw himself on a grenade to save his mates - that's a hero. The guy who jumped onto rail tracks to rescue someone who was a stranger - that's a hero. Wilson? No, not really.

[South40]

I’ve attended the funeral services of many heroes over the years. They gave their lives for this country. To me, they are the heroes.

[zeestephen]

The cop may not be a hero, but he is nearly the last of a dying breed.

In the future, fewer and fewer white officers will accept the personal and legal risks involved with arresting or detaining Black suspects.

And Black suspects everywhere know it.

In the next few years, hundreds of completely innocent people will be murdered by violent Black males who would have been in jail before Ferguson, MO, and Trayvon Martin.

[ontap]

Hero!!!

[Theodore R.]

If the popular Bill Clinton can convince the American people the meaning of “is”, then I guess a redefinition of “hero” has long been in the works.