I'm sorry but I could not reply to that thread because the fact that it was reverse racism makes not sense to me. The majority of people that make these dumb comments have to be in their late twenties or thirties right? As someone that is generation Y (1990), know that even though we aren't as smart as you (blame the 1996 till 1999 born), we sure are better than you when it comes to racial issues.
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The French have a mandatory ID law. Here in the US we do not. I personally am ok with either law, but don't agree with people here being ok with cops detaining people for not breaking the law. If we as citizens should always show IDs to cops when they ask (no matter what the reason) and are required to always carry ID, then the legislature should pass laws putting that into effect. At UH, your ID is not your property and your are required to show and/or surrender it to any UH official that asks. That's fine. That's the game you agree upon getting it. It's not the law in the US with your official ID. If we all think people should show it, then let's start a movement to give cops more power.
theyre damned if they do and damned if they dont.. people will claim they want that until something bad happens, then people will cry "why didnt the police do anything?" thats completely unrelated to what happened here. however, this entire thing could have been a non-story if she pulled out her ID.. its that simple.. the cop here did racially profile her, and he was wrong for doing so, but why make this an even bigger event.. i never understand why people feel the need to disobey an officers request over "prinicples." i say this as an hispanic male that has been racially profiled before, ive "fit the description" twice, i never threw a hissy fit, i followed the police officers orders and when they realized they had made a mistake i requested their badges and went on my way home. people like being drama queens..
in before "it's her fault for wearing a leopard skin skirt or whatever hookers wear." smh at the police. everyone knows prostitutes dont kiss. come on, breehhs.
There's a significant difference between "can" and "does all the time". For most of us who are white, we might have one or two stories at most that involve being stopped and pressed by cops for doing nothing wrong. For minorities (particularly those with brown skin), it's not just one time - it's a frequent or even constant annoyance. And when cops do it for trivial reasons, the humiliation it causes toward the person fosters a sense of distrust. Cops have a hard job and it may be inevitable that the job prejudices them against certain demographics. But that doesn't excuse them for demeaning anyone who's doing nothing wrong (or even appears to be wrong).
Just show your id. Geez it's not that hard. I couldn't tell from how she explained things, but it didn't sound like this was something that has happened before.
Statistics on black crime and their leading indicators: income, education and employment. If you factor in the amount of times I or any black person haven't been suspected of a crime by the police the "strangely odd" numbers actually add up.
Cops have the responsibility to prevent crimes when possible, and necessary discretion to preclude it at all stages. Every minute I lived at school and I saw a campus officer, I made eye contact and asked him or her how they were doing. Every time I walked to the campus convenience or nearby street without a back pack, or to a different dorm with a long coat, I was prepared to show ID: campus first, then DL, and did every time. I have no patience or respect for this child, who draws an income playing make-believe and then blubbers and whines like an infant when the predictable consequences of unnecessarily intransigent behavior in the face of public servants trying to solve a real, urgent problem come to the fore.
