So many young men of color become part of that officer's life experience because so many minority families and communities are struggling, so many boys and young men grow up in environments lacking role models, adequate education, and decent employment-they lack all sorts of opportunities that most of us take for granted. A tragedy of American life-one that most citizens are able to drive around because it doesn't touch them-is that young people in "those neighborhoods” too often inherit a legacy of crime and prison. And with that inheritance, they become part of a police officer's life, and shape the way that officer-whether white or black-sees the world. Changing that legacy is a challenge so enormous and so complicated that it is, unfortunately, easier to talk only about the cops. And that's not fair. (James Comey)

So many young men of color become part of that officer's life experience because so many minority families and communities are struggling, so many boys and young men grow up in environments lacking role models, adequate education, and decent employment-they lack all sorts of opportunities that most of us take for granted. A tragedy of American life-one that most citizens are able to drive around because it doesn't touch them-is that young people in "those neighborhoods” too often inherit a legacy of crime and prison. And with that inheritance, they become part of a police officer's life, and shape the way that officer-whether white or black-sees the world. Changing that legacy is a challenge so enormous and so complicated that it is, unfortunately, easier to talk only about the cops. And that's not fair.

James Comey

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