Phoenix Cop Killing Echoes Ferguson But Race Not Issue: Family

As demonstrations focused on two racially-charged acts of police deadly force sweep across the country, shuttering traffic on major arteries from New York to Chicago and Los Angeles, a pattern begins to emerge.  This comes as another incident in Phoenix occurs when an un-armed black man was shot by a white police officer Wednesday. While race is the critical component, is it the only issue? Phoenix police following the footsteps of Ferguson That pattern that is occurring, the key issue to be challenged, is the fact that police across the country appear to have little concern they might be held…