"Oh, that God would give us the very smallest of gifts
To be able to see ourselves as others see us
It would save us from many mistakes and foolish thoughts
We would change the way we look and gesture and to how and what we apply our time and attention."

I like to think of you as being (for the most part) more reasonable & educated in your responses to others & in your own writing. I never considered that you would be so angry about the race or cat issue.  I can only imagine what it is like to be a person of color living in a white dominated world.  I'll never know how it really feels.
 
This horrible event has nothing to do with race & whose picture is and is not shown of jaywalkers or murderers--white or other colors.  This event is of people losing their lives & of someone who destroyed his own life with drugs. I think you are expressing angry or resentment at the wrong issue here. I think for this event it's important to expend energy to champion change for what's in front of us.