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Originally Posted by Northwoods
I understand that a black person is worried if he's pulled over by a cop. He might not get the same treatment as a white person. He has a harder time in many circumstances than his white counterpart. I do get that. I believe that it's true.
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Good! It's important to acknowledge what is true. This really does happen sometimes.
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But, because I'm white, I'm SO tired of being told I'm racist because I want black people (actually... race is irrelevant to me... I want ALL people) to follow the law.
I want rioters to stop burning down cities and decimating businesses. I want people to stop throwing fireworks or bottles at police.
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The wording you choose is unfortunate. By saying "I want black people to follow the law" you are implying a belief that black people don't follow the law. By implying that, you imply that black people - generally speaking - in the majority - as a group - as a whole - do not follow the law.
That is where the problem starts. It starts with the wording. I am assuming you mean otherwise. But that is exactly what your words mean. When you state "I want X to behave like Y" you are implying that it doesn't already.
MOST black people are law abiding - or at the very least - don't get caught. Astoundingly, the exact same thing can be said for MOST white people, MOST brown people, MOST yellow and MOST red people.
The ones you see on the media are the exceptions, not the rule. They make the news because they're more interesting than "random black guy mows his lawn outside his house and nothing happens." Or "random cop stops a random traffic violator without incident."
Other than the unfortunate wording you choose, I agree with the sentiment of your post.
EVERYONE needs to either a) not disobey the law, b) not get caught if they disobey the law, or c) not give sass when they get caught disobeying the law.
That includes police, for whom the law is sometimes subjective and not clear. It should be common sense. No law should need to exist. But perhaps it does. Because even if you're a cop, you don't kill a suspect and then continue keeping your knee on his neck for 3 minutes after he's already dead. It shouldn't NEED to be against the law. But apparently it does.