The pending dread of knowing that this was a snuff video, which was going to end with the death of yet another young black male – a black child, he was only 17 – and not the first I have written about just today.

The buildup. It started with the withholding of the video for 400 days, only to be released on the anniversary of Darren Wilson getting off. It continued today with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel’s absurd calls for peace and invocation of family, as if Officer Jason Van Dyke wasn’t a Chicago police officer on the payroll for more than a year after shooting Laquan. It continued with each passing minute of the video ...

He was walking away. He was so small. He was so small. How could he be a threat? How could a threat be assessed so quickly? In a nation where white menopenly carry rifles around the country?

