If Obama had a son, he might have looked like Ben Carson.

It's strange to me to see all these (primarily) right wingers swarming to Ben Carson's defense about his... apparent violent past.

I heard the story of when he tried to stab someone (turns out it was a close relative... if Carson is to be believed) in a fit of blind rage. But now I'm hearing of him busting someone's face open with a lock. Now I'm hearing that he almost hit his mother over the head with a hammer? WHAT?

The reason it's strange, is because these VERY SAME right wingers are lightning fast to dig up the past of all the young, *UNARMED*, black children who have been murdered by police in the past couple years. All their suspensions. Their drug use. Their relationship with their parents.

NONE of these VERY SAME PEOPLE gave Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Tamir Rice, Cameron Tillman, Laquan McDonald, Carey Smith, etc... NONE of them gave ANY of these young black men the same benefit of doubt they are currently giving Ben Carson, with lustful enthusiasm.

Ben Carson was obviously a troubled youth. Hell, if social media, and the mass proliferation of guns in America were around when he was coming up, I feel 99.99% confident that Ben Carson, the world renowned neurosurgeon, who is currently leading the field of republican Presidential candidates, would have had some pictures on his Instagram,/FaceBook/Twitter account of him holding a gun. Or smoking weed.

*SOME*... of the names I mentioned above, were indeed troubled youths. But *MOST* of them, were just going about their business when a police officer (or cop reject turned vigilante in the case of Trayvon Martin) showed up and shot them dead. In the case of Tamir Rice, within LITERAL seconds.

ANY ONE of these precious children of God could have overcame their circumstances. The same way that Carson did. And they could have grown up to be world renowned in their professional fields. They could have done something great for the planet we ALL inhabit. Cameron Tillman could have grown up to cure cancer, for all we know.

So the next time a right winger shifts the discussion to the gang warfare going on in Chicago when the topic of police brutality comes up, my new response is:

 "You have NO IDEA of what these kids are going through, mentally or spiritually. Any of these kids could change their lives, and grow up to be the next Ben Carson."

They were never given the opportunity to "Think Big".

- BPVI