The new usual

So now we'll hear it again. Because now, wearily, we've seen it again.

The seeing part: Police kick in a door on a no-knock and exchange gunfire with one of the occupants, who draws down because that's what some people do in a home invasion situation.

Sleeping young Black woman gets riddled in the ensuing shootout.

Sleeping young Black woman takes 20 minutes to die while she lies unattended.

One officer gets indicted on a D felony-- not because he went OK Corral and shot the hell out of  a sleeping human being (who, again, took 20 minutes to die while no one did a damn thing), but because he put some other shots in some drywall.

Shooting up drywall, bad. Shooting up a sleeping human of color ... well, that was just self-defense.

And now you know what happens next in Sportsball World, and what we'll hear because of it.

Shut up and dribble.

Stick to sports.

How dare you disrespect the flag/troops/anthem/'Merica!

Get that sonofabitch off the field!

Because athletes are not human beings, you see. They are minstrels who are paid absurdly well to entertain us. 

And so how dare they stop dancing.

How dare they actually tell us what they think about anything besides touchdowns and slam dunks and defending the low post.

Well, gee. I don't know. Maybe it's because they can see that scoreboard over there, being athletes and all.

Here's what it says: Drywall 1, Humans 0.

Stick to sports. Really.