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Originally Posted by miami_fan
I don't mean to be antagonistic but based on Ben's story, what percentage do you believe that race played in that situation?
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I'm sure it played a role. As Ben said, cops are always assessing risk. The same reason cops treated me differently when I was a teenager driving around with my friends than they do now. A white tattooed guy with a mohawk and wifebeater is going to be treated differently from a white guy in a suit. I don't know if that is fair or not, but it's part of police work. I do think cops owe people the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
My issue is that I think cops are dicks universally to people. I don't think some wing of the KKK all decided to join the police force and decided to only treat black people poorly. I think if you punched a cop in the face, you'd take a beating regardless of race. That turning this into strictly a race issue ignores the bigger issue that police brutality hurts everyone.