A few days ago, Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of the charges of manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm that resulted in the death of Philando Castile. Upon the verdict, Castile became the latest in a too-long list of minorities, particularly black males, to lose their lives at the hands of a police officer who will never be held responsible.
In response to the verdict, Colin Kaepernick posted the following tweet that predictably caused an uproar:
A system that perpetually condones the killing of people, without consequence, doesn't need to be revised, it needs to be dismantled!