Well being that the residents are not just basing this demonstration on white cops killing black people but COPS in general killing black people I am sure it will still be labelled as racial motivated. The fact that police consistently target blacks. Black cops and white cops both target african americans for extortion, setups, etc... Poor African American are the low hanging fruit. In some municipalities they are TOLD to target them. For god sake when a police force deems it ok to use photos of african american men as shooting targets it is obvious that something is wrong.
Most major cities who have had these issues are stating that POLICE are killing black people. Some of those police are black white asian etc... this is what I think people are missing.
Stop and Frisk targets black people.
The extreme violent clashes are against black people or in black communities and so black people feel they are targets.