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I am extremely sympathetic to this view. I think it's hard for some people to appreciate how others are policed, because they have not experienced it first hand

I am extremely sympathetic to this view. I think it's hard for some people to appreciate how others are policed, because they have not experienced it first hand. I have lived in all sorts of neighborhoods, and in some I was repeatedly searched, restrained, and detained. I had broken no law, and I have never been charged with a crime. Not everyone can simply avoid interacting with the police by virtue of their behavior, and interacting with the police is dangerous even when one is trying to be compliant.

fucking_tragedy 8y ago
> Not everyone can simply avoid interacting with the police by virtue of their behavior, and interacting with the police is dangerous even when one is trying to be compliant. Yep. If you haven't been in this situation, there really isn't anything comparable to having each word spoken and action made taken as a immediate threat by an officer with a gun who is visibly high from the adrenaline rush they got from the situation.