Alate_One
Well-known member
I am seeing a trend of "it's always the fault of the cops ... especially if the suspect is black".
All she had to do was put the cigarette out and allow the officer to hand her the warning. :hammer:
Oh ... and then there is the whole "no one told her to commit suicide" part of the scenario.
It's not "always the fault of the cops" if the suspect is black. The problem is, when the suspect is black there's a higher tendency of many cops to escalate situations in ways that can turn deadly.
Is it always solely the cop's fault? No. But the ingrained racism in the police system tends to move the reaction curve of the average officer when the person involved is black. It's almost never conscious. It's due to the culture, both police and broader.
Would he have asked her to put out her cigarette if she were white? Would he have pulled her out of the car if she were white when she refused? Little changes that might have changed the outcome of the incident.