A lot of people are going batshit crazy over these indictments. [View all]

[ellenrr]

Yes - it is a good thing, a surprising thing, that cops got indicted.
But "it ushers in a new civil rights era"!? (seen on twitter)
They tortured a man to death!

so according to Malcolm's analogy, they have withdrawn the knife in the back... a little. Not pulled it out, and certainly did not start healing the wound.

It's a revealing comment on Amerika when taking the first baby step toward doing the right thing - and no guarantee of the outcome - is celebrated as a new civil rights era.

Do the indictments mean people in Baltimore have jobs? Do they have better health care? Does their live expectancy now equal to that of whites?Are their schools better today than they were yesterday? Are their neighborhoods better? Is their housing less decrepit?