[1Old Pro]

'It was really disappointing,' Melvin said. 'If you're rearing a boy, especially in this country, you spend so much time talking to our kids about keeping your hands to yourself and this long health perception that man of color can't control their rage and their anger and to see someone who's been that beloved for decades - it was troubling on so many levels.'

Exactly right. It perpetuates the narrative that Black men are thuggish and violent and not thoughtful or with the ability to abide by civil decorum standards.

[usurper]

Exactly right. It perpetuates the narrative that Black men are thuggish and violent and not thoughtful or with the ability to abide by civil decorum standards.

It also sends a message to BLM/Antifa types that its Ok to use violence if someone says something you don't like.