On the one hand, I can understand the reasoning of the parents. "Compared to the other unarmed teen deaths that do get national outrage, what's so different here?"
However, the outrage that happens with Trayvon Martin's murder and the other deaths at the hand of police, stems from the years of discrimination towards and abuse of the black community.
This guy got killed by police, and yes, it's despicable, and the officers in question should be punished (and if they will be punished, that will be another arrow in the quiver of BLM, because the officers in their cases often don't get punished at all). But I doubt it was a race issue.
On the one hand, I can understand the reasoning of the parents. "Compared to the other unarmed teen deaths that do get national outrage, what's so different here?"
However, the outrage that happens with Trayvon Martin's murder and the other deaths at the hand of police, stems from the years of discrimination towards and abuse of the black community.
This guy got killed by police, and yes, it's despicable, and the officers in question should be punished (and if they will be punished, that will be another arrow in the quiver of BLM, because the officers in their cases often don't get punished at all). But I doubt it was a race issue.