Pre-suppositions and expectations are a big part of the drama. Reagan said: Some people see government as the problem. Some people see government as the solution.
My ancestors, my culture see government as the problem. It was a problem for my ancestors in Europe. It was a problem for my parents. I see it a repeatedly a problem for me. I expect the government, the police, the IRS, the building inspector to be problems to me.
Many Blacks come from a culture and view of history where government is seen as the solution. They expect government to be the solution. They especially expect Democrat party government to be the solution. They expect the government police to be the solution.
So Blacks with these cultural expectations of government are angry when the police repeatedly act contrary to their expectations. It never occurs to them to question their culture based pre-suppositions. What occurs to them is to blame the police, the Democrats who run Ferguson, the Democrats who run St Louis County, the Democrats governor, the Democrat mayor of NY, the Democrats who run everything in MD.
In their minds, they want the Democrats to act more like Democrats, that is, more like GOOD Democrats.
Their culture and mentality is still the plantation mentality where the master/the government should be kind to the people on the plantation and not beat them for no reason at all. The only time extreme punishment is justified is when someone tries to leave the plantation and question the pre-suppositions of the culture.
All of the posts here are excellent and I thank them all very much, but yours is at the head of the class, IMHO. Very perceptive observations on culture and intertwining views on government and I had not really thought about that before. Thanks.