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Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets.

American history and the black experience are inextricable. And both are inextricable from policing. Far more often than not, that's been a good thing.

This anti-cop sentiment from this hateful ideology called Black Lives Matter has fueled this rage against the American police officer.

There is a reason that many African Americans have a healthy mistrust for law enforcement. We don't always feel protected or served by that particular institution.

It's always extremities when you are a young black male dealing with law enforcement.

Race is something that's always haunted American policing.

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is... We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

I respect the police officers, but something you learn as a young black man in this country is that... life is a little bit different for you even though, on the surface, it seems to be the same.

Unfortunately, in places like Ferguson, in New York City and in some communities across this nation, there is a disconnect between police agencies and the citizens they serve, predominately in communities of color.

From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of some preconceived idea of fear, our lives and our children's lives are not being valued.