My View On Racism In America. Is it Really What People Make it Out to Be?

Something that's been really getting on my nerves lately is the idea of racism in the 21st century. I'm gonna focus on the epidemic that is happening in the United States right now, which is the idea of African Americans still being treated as minorities by police officers and other people in a position of power. It seems like as each day passes there are more and more stories of police killing African Americans or giving them verbal as well as physical abuse when it is not needed. Now, heres my question: Do we really know the truth about these stories? The sources of where we find this information is in the media that exaggerates the truth to selfishly gain views from the people who eat their lies right up. So when it comes down to it, the general idea of what has been happening lately is that a cop shoots an African American. For the most part, the story or facts are not there for us to make a quick judgement on; even though that's what people have been doing. Take the Michael Brown case for example. I searched many news articles online to find at least a glimmer of truth, but every single story I found had a different chain of events. He pulled out a gun, or he was innocently walking down the street... nothing adds up. So when I hear about these riots breaking out (notice how I did not use the word protest) it really gets me annoyed. These people creating havoc on the streets literally have no idea what they are even protesting for! They heard a "version" of a story on the news and reacted to a fabricated story that has no evidence or factual statements. The worst part about it is they actually think they're helping the situation, when in fact they are making it worse. Burning buildings? Blocking streets so innocent people can't get by? Really!? They are fighting fire with fire and wondering why nothing is changing. Wake up people. And I'm not saying that protesting is wrong, in fact, I encourage it. We have a beautiful thing in this country called freedom of speech, and we have every right to state our opinions and beliefs in a NON-HARMFUL WAY. But this? This is not what our forefathers worked hard for. This is not what freedom of speech means. These "protestors" are destroying what we have worked so hard for, and to be honest, they are tearing down the diverse system the United States has created by putting more attention on the disrespectful and defensive way we think is helping this "racism". I commend everyone who has an opinion on this to respectfully approach this in a way that builds us as Americans up as a whole instead of tearing each other down, because that is all these riots irrational riots are doing. The other part of this that really grinds my gears, is that in most situations (granted, we do not know the full story) these "victims" instagate the situation. Like for example, there was a case where a boy pulled out a fake gun on the cop, and the cop reacted by killing him. The fact that the only thing people take away from these stories is that the boy was African American, and therefore it is considered a "racist act" is ridiculous. If I were a cop and someone pulled out a gun on me and I believed my life or someone elses was in danger, damn right I would react defensively. And let me just add, that this wasn't racism until those who resentfully overreacted claimed that because he was African American it was a hate crime; which in reality has no relevance to the case at all. And even if it did have an influence, so what? Look at the facts. The statistics of crimes committed by African American's is evidently higher than crimes committed by white people. So, if a cop is more cautious over an African American being a greater danger to society (if given a reason to be, of course) then who are we as citizens being protected under their honor to criticize them for essentially trying to keep us safe? Police know the statistics. They've seen it first hand. We literally have no idea what they go through on a day to day basis, so how can we take what they are doing and be angry that they have put their lives on the line to protect us all? I'm not saying that there are not hate crimes that have been committed by police officers and that it is not wrong; because it is and it is very much disgusting. But those cops give a terrible name to all police officers, who for the most part, do what they can to make this world a better place. I can guarantee you, they are not thinking about killing or harming a black man, but they are thinking about harming a human being. And tell me, how is it not racist to take a tragic story and only pull out the irrelevant detail of a mans skin color? When it comes down to it, some police officers should not be in that position of authority, but most of them do it because they love this country and want to make it a better place. An let me just add that white people are killed everyday by the police, and we never hear about it do we? No, because no on cares. But if an African American is killed, people feed off of it and turn it into something it's not, when in reality more white people were killed (based to 2012 statistics) than African Americans. So when we turn something that happens on a daily basis into a monumental deal and create a problem that is most likely not there, then we send those cops home with not only the weight on their shoulders that they have just killed an actual person unwillingly, but with the consuming idea that the world hates him for doing it. So all I'm saying is, that if we avoid this ignorant way of thinking then maybe we can focus on the real issues at hand.