You wrote:

<<His hands were NOT up, which then gave us the lie -"Hands up, Don't shoot" bogus slogan.>>

Ever pause to wonder why the crowd at Ferguson was so ready to believe an unarmed black man had his hands up before being shot to death by a police officer? Maybe because there was a history of police abuse in Ferguson. As elsewhere. As in the case of Walter Scott, for instance. Of course Scott didn't have his hands up. He just got shot in the back.

<<The actions of these men, and others like them, keep people of color from getting themselves out of impoverished circumstances.>>

Really? How does that work, exactly? Pretty sure African Americans don't need you to tell them what their best interests are. Police abuse, not poverty, is the issue here, but since you mention it, what is the conservative vision for alleviating poverty? Magic tax cuts for the rich?!