This movie was upsetting, painful, and too important to be turned off by "inconvenient" truths. The stories were frighteningly close to home, in no small part due to examples from every corner of our great nation.

I had previously chosen not to watch much of the body cam, or other footage; of the violence against, and many murders, of people of color in these United States.

The truth is so powerfully stated by one interviewee who asked (paraphrased) who are the police serving? Who are they protecting? After watching this, I am even more convinced it is, unfortunately themselves, their "brothers in blue", and most despicably, the status quo.

I learned so much from this documentary and it really hit home as a Minneapolis-Saint Paul resident. I live in an over-policed community that is majority Black and people of color. This documentary not only tells the story of the history and reality of current police violence but sheds a light on public policy and statistics. I wish I learned more about these things in the public school system, but of course I know why I didn't. If you want to understand more about the development of the policing system, the connections between historical and current police violence, and the system that upholds violence against Black people, watch this film.

If you want to stop having interactions with the police, then stop committing crimes at 10X the rate of any other demographic in America! Amir was killed because he drew a gun on the police. George Floyd died of a Fentanyl overdose. Mike Brown did not "have his hands up", he punched an officer in the face and tried to take his gun. Enough with the blatant lies to try and obfuscate criminal behavior. I guess if you are too blind to see Al Sharpton as nothing but a greedy race hustler, you will believe anything. The police don't go out looking for people to kill based on their race; they go out to deal with criminals. If the overwhelming majority of those criminals happen to be of a particular race, whose fault is that?

Oh but "muh slavery"...so you admit it, but now want to justify it? My ancestors were slaves too (Scottish/Irish).....does that give me a built-in excuse to commit crimes in 2023?

Stop it, just stop it. Get some help, and take responsibility for your actions for once in your life.