Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it is important to know all the facts before jumping to conclusions. If it's not obvious already, the media doesn't cover the full story and without all of the pieces, people are left to speculate these events. It is not just the media's fault either, it's society's fault too, begging for all of the dramatic parts instead of the full coverage.
Without a proper idea of what is actually happening, people are spitting fuel into the fire using Facebook and Twitter. Their opinions are creating unhealthy arguments that escalate to physical violence. Why is a story is interesting, and will sell more, if the cop was racist? If the guy was Muslim? Or if the rapist was not to blame? Why is the limelight always on the setbacks in society instead of the breakthroughs? It's like they take one step forward and three steps back.
The media should act as an informant, to let the people know locally and nationally the problems that are going on. Then, it is the job of American citizens to raise awareness to those problems and help amend them, but people lately have been acting as if this information is meant to call them into action. Instead of exercising their first amendment rights some people feel the necessity to act as vigilantes for their cause, and the value of human life does not matter in these acts of real or perceived justice.
In all of the recent outbreaks spanning social media, no one has all of the details, so no one should draw hard conclusions of what happened in these cases. But there is a false perception that many have due to the excessive over exposure. The only fact they have is that Americans lost their lives, and that is the true horror of all these incidents. There are people who want to watch the world burn and then there are those who fall victim to human error. Not all crimes are hate crimes. There is no way to stop the violent tail spin society is taking if people don't begin to educate themselves on the facts.
