by Washington Afro-American

About the author: The Washington Afro-American is a twice-weekly newspaper in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area.

Headlines in the local papers calling Terrence Johnson “a convicted cop killer” have done little to heal the wounds of our community. Unless the white media and others are willing to face the true facts in this case—and many other cases—we predict there will be more police killings, to the horror of all good thinking people.

Why is there so much hatred for police? Let’s look at the facts.

(And we don’t even have to mention the Rodney King beating case.)

Terrence Johnson

Terrence Johnson. He was only 15 years old and weighed about 98 pounds when he and his brother were stopped...