"...Justice...Available In A Variety Of Colors..."

Let's try something.

Pretend that we are, all of us, covered in green skin.

Or plaid, if you think green a little drab.

For good measure, we also, all of us, possess the same basic facial structures, nose, ears, foreheads, etc.

Now, visualize the Darren Wilson/Michael Brown incident.

Then, visualize the Eric Garner incident.

Everything that Michael Brown did that night, from stealing, shoplifting, whatever in the convenience store to accosting the store clerk to failing to follow Wilson's original directions to physically accosting, in one way or another, the police officer put him on a path that was almost guaranteed to end badly.

Add to the cultural Cuisinart that he had a pretty healthy rap sheet for burglary, assault, etc. and you had a pretty good foundation on which to prove that he was, if not an outright thug, than certainly no soft spoken choir boy.

And if Wilson overreacted by shooting Brown to death, he has to bear that burden and shoulder than responsibility.

But, it's not like Wilson kicked in the door of the senior center and shot Brown to death in cold blood while he sat there reading the latest AARP Magazine to some old guy.

Meanwhile, in New York, New York, the town so nice they named it twice...

Garner, as clearly seen in the video, did nothing to merit being brought down in the manner he was brought down.

And, just as clearly, the choke hold that was put on him to bring him down is what killed him. A choke hold that was not loosened for long, eventually fatal, minutes.

Despite his clearly audible pleas to the cops that he could not breathe.

In both cases, as everyone knows, the outcome was the same.

Two black men dead.

White police officers cleared of any wrongdoing.

In Ferguson, there was conflicting testimony, questions about witness reliability, no audio or video record of what happened between Wilson and Brown and, of course, the "record" that Brown brought to the situation.

In New York, there was crystal clear video of an egregious excess of force on the part of the cops.

Two absolutely different situations.

Two absolutely similar outcomes.

And the only conclusion that any reasonable person can make when shown those incidents is that color obviously played role in those outcomes.

Because if we were all green with similar facial structures, it's a very safe bet that the Ferguson grand jury would still be criticized by the inevitable naysayers but supported by the majority of people who can separate fact from fiction and/or emotion.

And it's an equally safe bet that somebody with a badge would be going on trial in New York for excessive force.

But that's not how it played out.

The term colorblind is defined as the inability to see color.

The modern day definition of that term is the inability to see truth and provide fair and reasonable justice because color blocks that ability.

And by that definition, the tragedy, and the irony here, is that we have what we've always said we all want but it's not at all what we thought it would be.

Justice isn't blind anymore.

It's color blind.