A 6-Year-Old Black Boy Shot His Teacher—The Bodycam Video Is Worse

He was indoctrinated by a culture that no longer even pretends to conform to the norms that made America so successful.

Vince Coyner | October 13, 2026

I think I’m a pretty good person.  I don’t steal.  I don’t cut in line. I pick up after my dog.  I open the door for ladies. I don’t talk loudly in movie theaters. I work hard. I’ve never cheated on my wife.  I try to be polite.  I put my shopping cart back, I don’t litter, and I pay my taxes.

All in all, I sound like a pretty good guy. But here’s the thing….

All that stuff…it’s a pretty low bar for a person to be considered good in a civilized society.  None of that stuff is anything I should be patting myself on the back for.

In fact, I’m not. I, like many people, gauge myself more by my failures than by my successes.  Despite all the above, I’ve failed at numerous businesses, sent out seemingly millions of resumés and mostly received crickets in return, and I’ve been in debt for most of my life.

Those things are not good.  They are terrible as a matter of fact.  But they are what they are.

All of that being said, I hope, when I leave this mortal realm, I find St. Peter welcoming me at the pearly gates. But hey, who knows?

Why the introspection?  Because I recently watched a video of a very troubling interaction.

Before I get into that, I have to admit that I kinda feel like I’m the way I am because of osmosis.  Other than my parents telling me to respect my elders and not to lie or steal — particularly after an incident with a candy bar when I was about five — I don’t remember getting a bunch of explicit moral lessons while growing up.  I’m sure they were there, but I just don’t remember them.  No doubt there were teachers and priests (I was an........

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