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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Look at the sheer amount of whining over speeding tickets, for instance. If you have a driver's license, you know what a speed limit it and how to follow it. Doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with the limit, the obligation is to follow it...and when you don't and get busted, it's not your fault for speeding, it's the cops for stopping you. It's the "adults" fault, for "ruining your harmless fun."
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And if you're a person of colour,
driving while black is very much a crime in the eyes of many law enforcement officers. You can be pulled over and harassed by the cops
even if you've done absolutely nothing wrong. Like this guy, for example, who was stopped by police for "acting suspicious" because he was doing 65 in a 70 zone. If he had been doing 72, he probably would have been pulled over and cited for speeding. It's a no-win scenario.
This is what we white people really need to understand. The interactions we have with the police, which are generally positive and
at worst neutral, are not the same experiences that minorities have with the police.