As everyone gets on board to slam this Amy Cooper all I keep thinking about is how possible mental health issues can be so easily thrown aside as hate, or criminality.

AND how quickly we judge those we don't know.

I say this fully admitting that the video made me mad as hell. They way she treated another human, and her poor dog was VERY difficult to watch and accept. And yes, it CLEARLY illustrates racial tensions in our society, and selfish dangerous behavior.

And as for those who wonder, rightfully so, if racism is a mental health issue in and of itself, I'd point to researchers FAR more steeped in that subject than myself.

As well all should, as the lovers of facts and science we say we are.

https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racism-not-mental-illness

But, as with all things, the question of whether racism is a mental health issue is being debated in the appropriate circles as we speak. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071634/