No one ever said white lives don’t matter

I don't think Hammond was asserting that white lives don't matter. He was correctly pointing out that the media don't see much of a story to sell when it's a white person on the wrong end of the police officer's gun. As a resut, this incident is unlikely to generate much public outcry when in fact it should be viewed within the same context of excessive use of police force against the citizenry.

The fact that we perceive this differently is an indicator of racial polarization in our society. This same racial polarization actually protects the status quo. For, only "liberal" whites get upset when this happens to African-Americans, and no one cares when it happens to whites. In a society absent of racial polarization, we'd ALL be outraged. This in turn would increase the pressure on the politicians to fix the problem.

Clearly the African-American population bears the brunt of police brutality much more often than the white population. I am not denying that. However, we should not bifurcate these incidents according to race and practice selective outrage.

I am not surprised at the author's failure to grasp this point. For, standing up to a perceived slight against BLM is a better way to impress people with your politically correct credentials.