Early this morning, two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri were shot in an ambush during a protest. Months of tension and resentment from the city’s African-American community toward the Ferguson Police Department have culminated to this heinous act of civilian violence.

The fatal shooting of Michael Brown back in August started a domino effect that has led to alienation between the community and those who serve and protect it. A bond is supposed to be facilitated in this particular instance, yet just the opposite has taken place.

Was the shooting of Michael Brown warranted?

The police action taken, was it in self defense?

We can sit back and ask questions all day and get nowhere. No one can ever truly know exactly what occurred in Officer Wilson’s head when he pulled the trigger, except him. If what he did was wrong then he must live with those consequences for the rest of his life. If he acted accordingly, then what is left to discuss?

This over-blown issue is taking up media coverage and is creating a problem that doesn’t actually exist. In my opinion this is not the race issue that many believe it to be. People as a whole like to believe ideas like this because it is easier to define a problem based on precedent rather the morality. The media is to blame for exploiting this story solely for the purpose of ratings.

If anything, this is an issue on whether the police force has too much power and is abusive of said power to a lethal extent. Instead, we talk about so called “racial profiling” of, let me remind you, one city in the United States of America. Meanwhile terror groups like ISIS are killing innocent people and we struggle to manage our own country.

Human beings naturally love the drama of a situation. So even though we won’t admit it, we love stories like this. “Young black man shot by a “racist” white cop.” We eat up every second of it and never consider the ramifications for blowing up an issue beyond a local setting.

Now two cops are injured and bonds in a community are shattered, and all we can talk about is that the cops were white and the attackers were black?

In the end, does it really make a difference?