Some people can still say that. Should you wait for it to happen to you or yours before you speak up?
They came for the scientists and I was silent because I was not a scientist.
They came for the journalists and I was silent because I was not a journalist.
I'm the sister, daughter, and granddaughter of cops and I'm the first to find fault with a bad cop because I was taught that by my grandfather, father, and brother.
I hate bad cops, and I consider even an over sense of self to be a bad cop. Thankfully I've only encountered that once and it was dealt with.
You have a good point. But I have visited 47 states, mostly on business, and lived/worked in 8 over a 50+ year period.
During that time I have had one negative experience with cops, and it, as it turned out, was more or less a misunderstanding, with the cop’s attitude being fine once it was worked out.
When the author of this piece reports repeated (apparently) run-ins with cops in 9 different states I am forced to wonder why his experience has been so different from mine. He claims to be white, so it isn’t “walking or driving while black.”
Why are the cops after him with such enthusiasm while they completely ignore me? I don’t claim his experience is invalid, but I do suggest mine is as much so.