It was almost out of our collective memory. The last police killing that was splashed all over mainstream and social media was long enough ago that it wasn't all over Facebook, no longer trending on Twitter, no more articles were being written, that I thought that maybe the mayhem was over. That maybe body cameras and different steps taken by our police to ensure transparency meant that there would be no more brutal killings. That perhaps there wasn't as big of a problem as we thought; that maybe Eric Garner was a mishap, that maybe Michael Brown wasn't so innocent, that maybe we didn't have any racial problems in America when it comes to law enforcement.

But I was so sadly and infuriatingly wrong. In a mere 24 hours, two brutal, horrific videos were released of men being shot and killed. One man was shot while pinned down, in cold blood, and the other at a traffic stop in a confusing scene of events.

I want to go on record as saying that I believe that police officers, in general, are good and virtuous people who put their lives on the line every single day they are on duty for the betterment of society. I'm friends with police officers and I know that those men, personally, would never do anything to take the life of a person without all other steps taken necessary. I know that my friends who are police are not personally biased against any race, and would never use their position of authority to attack someone just because they were black or white. I condemn generalizations of all kinds, and I don't want to put the entire police force in a dark light because of a few bad eggs.

But there is a problem, and I don't know how to solve it. And frankly nobody does. How can anyone not be infuriated by these videos? How can anyone not be disgusted and angry? How can someone who is black not feel threatened every time they see a police officer, after witnessing time and again what can happen? It's hard enough to defend police after every tragedy, but after this? What about black police officers? How do they feel after seeing video after video of these? If you're not in a position of authority, how can you make a difference?

We can't. That's the truth. Going out and protesting will make some noise, but it won't be enough. Youtube broadcasts, articles, tweets, Facebook shares won't do it. We saw that, even after the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, no matter whose side you were on, nothing substantial was done. Pro-police groups were angry that there wasn't enough out there that defended cops. Those who wanted reform and justice for the deaths were left with only rambling apologies and very few transparency laws.

It all comes down to this: It's a problem within the police force, and it needs to be solved by the police force. Every problem that faces the world today needs to be solved by the community who is responsible. The Muslim world needs to stand up to ISIS and radical Islam and put an end to it, because we simply can't. Slavery ended because we, as a nation, stood up to it and fought for its eradication. The police officers who see this and are just as disgusted and angry need to stand up and fight for it to end.

There will be a day when police and every citizen, regardless of race or ethnicity, will have a mutual respect for each other. I feel bad for police officers today who have to go to work and know that they're being judged and hated for wearing the badge. I know that, after they sacrificed already so much, they still have to go to a job that they know might kill them. Most of them give us everything they have already; I'm telling them that they have to give us a little more. They need to get rid of the bad officers who make their lives harder and use the authority for their own personal racial biases. They must police their own, or nobody will.

It's a sad day for America. Another one where it will end with more people divided against themselves, with more hate growing on each side, fearful the other is using every instrument capable to destroy them. In times like these, we need to come together and peacefully fight for whats right and reject those who do wrong.

But we won't. Instead there will be fights on Twitter between those who believe every cop is an evil person and those who believe every cop is a saint. A Facebook fight between those who think black people are nothing but trouble and those who think that cops look only for racial minorities to arrest. Stop being so divisive. Not every issue needs the extremes and it won't lead to anything positive being done. Instead, don't take a side on this issue. Just believe in basic inalienable rights, one of them being due process before a judgement is made against them. Be pro-living; that everybody, police and citizens, white and black, deserves a right to live. Be against the cops who purposefully kill black people because they hate them; be against those who kill cops purposefully because they hate them.

I hope we can all come together and realize we're fighting the same fight. Police officers are just as human, are represented by every race, and feel the same anger as we do. Now they need to stand up and kick out the ones who go against what we believe in.

It's on you. I hope the change comes soon.