Getting back to cell phone cameras I and others have queried why so many posts that describe a scene don't seem to have any photos attached. Perhaps it's too hard to post them.
I want to see the panthers, bobcats, and coyotes.

In 1976 Steve Jobs built his first computer. The wealth gap increased with companies like Apple. It seems everyday Americans are blamed for a wealth gap made by a few ultra wealthy companies. There has also been a massive increase in immigration since 1975. It takes a couple of generations to catch up if you don’t read, write, or speak the language of the country you live in. I know this is getting off the original subject.

They communicate with dispatch when called to an incident.

The young (age 17) woman that held her camera despite the menacing situation of a Policeman in front of her. The Policemen knew deep down that they were doing the WRONG thing and did NOT want a record made of it. That young lady should be invited to the White House and receive a civilian medal of honor for bravery.

I don't mean to be impolite, but I have to speak up because I VEHEMENTLY disagree with what was written! The wealth gap is not an individual issue. It really has nothing (zero) to do with ANY individual. It is an economic term that AGGREGATES large numbers of people (say in the US) and compares (for example) the wealth of the lowest 5% of the US to the TOP 5% wealthiest Americans. What you are talking about is closer to the economic term of UPWARD MOBILITY than wealth disparity. They are certainly related but different animals in defining economic conditions. The wealth gap decreased after WW2 primarily as white families secured good UNION jobs in the north. Blacks increased economic strength somewhat in the 1960s under President Johnson's Civil Rights legislation. After about 1975 the average US worker's wages remained stagnate, when inflation is considered, for around 35 years until only recently. As the average US citizen's wealth remained stagnate for about 40 years, the upper 10% of US society made great gains. The perfect example of this is Jack Welsh of GE who made a salary of 350 MILLION dollars per year - no one short of God is worth that much per year - GE stock went nowhere under Welsh, incidentally! So, the US wealth gap today is the highest of ANY 1st world nation. Incidentally, during that same time in Japan, CEOs took pride in NEVER making more than 10 times what their average line workers made. Think about that! If the US was more like Japan, then here in TV Land each person would probably have 2 times the wealth that they now have. So basically, "greed is good" for only the upper end of American society.

There was a later chapter added because of new research in DNA and stem cells.

So, you would prefer to play without a full deck .....of cards? OK, your deal.

Never thought this would require clarification, but...

The book is intended to show the differences in growing up and the attitude given to you as a black person navigating through life. It is clearly spelled out and unfortunetly, the message remains the same.

Also, I was responding to a post that implied that..well said "The person in charge of wealth disparity is the person in charge of themselves. If you work hard and save, if you sacrifice and are careful, almost everyone can be financially comfortable, until someone comes into leadership who wants to spend your money for you"

Ignoring the last sentence, it is total and complete folly that this applies to everyone. I speak not only of black skinned, but anyone in the world.....you need luck, help, a strong support group, etc. to succeed in life.

Those who think it is that easy are in a fantasy world, and I know that many who are doing fine, but recognize the factors that helped would agree. Many were born into it...many lucked into it.

Not that the attributes described are not goals to ascribe to,but thinking doing those things assures a good life just don't get it.

Many blacks had a heck of a lot more walls to climb than most, and the book lays it out well.

LOL.....factually, in many cases HALF A DECK. Black skin in an employment office in most, not all cases, have a much higher hill to climb.

There are so many wedges in US society........where to start? I guess, the 1st one to overcome would be that dreaded wealth gap

Personally. I think that society needs "good cops" and that they do have a hard job that they should be paid well for. But, here we are talking ONLY about a BAD cop. The US Attorney General is starting an investigation into the procedures and attitudes of the Minneapolis Police. That should serve as a wake-up call to Police Departments everywhere that the US Justice system is becoming more transparent and FAIR.

I fail to see the connection with my post?

True, but more basic - is lax US tax policy that is practically written by corporations!

I guess if you aren’t a current or retired officer, I don’t value your wake-up call to cops everywhere. Walk the walk...

Almost all officers are not guilty of poor conduct but we need the broad brush, just like the racism brush.

We must kill capitalism and incentive, what is this country thinking? We must all try to float to the bottom and stay there. After all, we all know you can get something for nothing.