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(10-15-2015, 03:00 PM)Au165 Wrote: They said it in the article, he was stopped for riding his bike on the sidewalk. The fact people don't want to accept that as the reason shows their is a prejudice against white cops anytime they are dealing with a black citizen. When I was younger I was pulled over for accelerating out of my neighborhood quickly. I didn't speed and didn't break the law it just seemed suspicious. Cop asked me what I was doing, I explained and I went my way. Another time I was pulled over in downtown Columbus at night. The cop pulled me over because I was driving slowly (I was lost) and he wanted to see if I was trying to buy drugs. In both of these cases I was white and pulled over for no other reason than they thought something was up, the fact this person was in fact breaking a law gave them ample reason to stop him.

If people don't want a law enforced don't put it on the books, if you do then don't play the race card when it is enforced. Maybe these guys stopped 5 other white bike riders that day? No one knows, but to instantly try and make this about race is part of the issue going on in the policing community relations dynamic. The fact multiple people act like breaking a law isn't reason to stop someone,not ticket and not arrest them but simply stop them, shows how screwed up things have gotten.

I got pulled over by the local cop one morning on the way to work.  It was 4:30am and I kind of slid through the stop sign and he happened to be parked in the next parking lot.  I explained who I was, that I lived on the street I just left, and where I was going.   They had had some vandalism on the road and were keeping an eye out for cars leaving in a hurry.

No fuss no muss.

But I'm white so I can't say if a cop would treat a black person differently in a different neighborhood at a different time.

Like this guy:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2015/10/15/man-perfectly-responds-to-police-questioning-for-jogging-while-black.html

Not saying all cops are racist or all cops are anything.  Clearly one cop in the above story was aware and did things the right way.  The other?  He's one of those types that leads to more stories and to more friction between whites and black in general.

Edit: Here is the place I first read it that explains the second officer who handled things much better.

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/15/where_you_been_running_from_watch_officers_try_to_detain_alabama_man_for_jogging_at_night_while_black/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow