And, oddly, it seems to count only when the surviving party is white and the victim is black.
Juxtapose the races in any other manner and the media finds the event of no concern.
The race we are discussing is the African-American race.
If you are a rational white suburbanite, what is your considered reaction to this data? You conclude that we are moving into a system of identity justice which is racial tyranny and you further conclude that the government can be turned against you because you are white by people who are black. You look around at the political correctness which is becoming codified into law by statute or regulation as well as by discriminatory application and you see multiple examples of government choosing sides among races. Having come rationally to these conclusions, you then decide that the only way to protect yourself against this racial tyranny is to mobilize white citizens against black citizens.
You reluctantly conclude that you must mobilize to control the government to inflict on African-American a discipline before they can impose more complete tyranny on yourself. To do otherwise is to abandon your children to something that might resemble Zimbabwe.
Nathan Bedford's first Maxim of American politics is regrettably confirmed: all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.
If this syllogism is too pessimistic, and I hope it is, one is nevertheless compelled to observe that there are very few institutions in place such as the media, academia, the churches, and now, the courts who have shown themselves willing to reverse the process.