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Maybe you could sketch out how you drew that conclusion from what I said?

• PhasmaFelis 8y ago
  I assume we can agree that, based on the article, a person was mistreated because they spoke in slang. In your comment, you put the blame for that entirely on the speaker. I don't think it's a stretch, therefore, to assume that the police officer is 100% blameless in your mind, and it was okay for them to treat the defendant as they did. If you meant to communicate something else, you didn't do it very clearly.
  • code_duck 8y ago
    Actually, the article delineates the difference between slang and what they (linguists) consider a separate dialect or language related to English. You are maligning the speakers by saying that they “talk funny” or by summing up what I have said as “they talk funny”. According to the article, they speak 2 separate languages. I would suggest addressing police and the courts in the court’s native language. According to the article, again, this is possible for all black people. I feel fairly neutral about police in general. Are they blameless? I really doubt it. Do I know anything else about this case, or does it really matter? No. Not at all.