jamell, you are right; perhaps I should have written "aggressive" violence. Defensive violence is the only justifiable violence. This was the case with the American colonists against the British. Also, I cannot agree that black Americans are "undervalued" in the U.S.. They have reached the apex of practically every area of American society and are among the highest paid in their fields  - from sports to entertainment to music to the military to politics, economics and sciences. Even if what you claim were true, I would argue that it would be a societal problem in nature, CAUSED by the government's policies. Murdering police is NOT a solution.  MLK faced REAL problems and he did it with non-violence. He was heard.