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In reply to the discussion: Cop pulls over black teen, notices he is terrified [View all]WhiteHat
(129 posts)Young black me have perfectly valid reasons to be terrified of police encounters. In his eyes, at that moment, you saw it.
Here's the deal: American Citizens are in fact being mistreated by police nationwide, who by training or "instinct" react to trivial confrontations with overwhelming force. Too often resulting in death.
Blacks, browns, whites, we all KNOW this. Some people (mostly white) talk like they're tolerant of abuse. But abuse it is. And abuse of American Citizens is not acceptable. Especially from The Best OF Us.
Personally, I'm old, poor, and drive an ancient wreck. A few years ago, when I was pulled over for a license tag infraction, I was slammed again my car, my pockets emptied, humiliated in public, treated like a vicious criminal... and let go with no infraction.
THIS IS NOT OK. Hope you can see why. Thanks for your thoughts, Tim.