"Black people feel like the police unfairly focus on their community,
but the black community commits far more crime as a group than any other community. That’s just the truth. That’s not me being racist, that’s just the cold hard truth."
I'm sure you BELIEVE that, but can you provide your sources for making such a claim? I'm not exactly sure how you quantify the claim of "Committing" more crime, although I have no problem conceding that Black people are likely CHARGED/ARRESTED for far more crimes. Not sure at all THOSE are the SAME thing...
Now I realize personal anecdotes don't tell the entire story, but I still think it might be instructive to contrast what happened with LT Nazario. Now let's watch bodycam footage of the Nazario traffic stop, which I guess presumably happened because he had temporary tags and tinted windows. Notice how even the General refers to it as troubling and alludes to "The talk". More on that later...
Now my experience in a similar circumstance, with a single, calm Indiana State Trooper when I was actually GUILTY...
About 6 yrs ago, I had purchased a new (used) car in Indy. Rather than "dealer plates" I went ahead and put my old car plates on my new car, switched the insurance and drove back to Bloomington. I didn't have the new registration, but planned on going to the DMV the next day to make things legal.
Later that day I decided to drive from the Tapp Rd area where I live to W 3rd to get something to eat. It was drizzling,I was hungry and I wasn't really paying attention.Next thing I knew,I spotted a State Trooper's vehicle hidden under the overpass, and about the time I started to slow down (because I was speeding),I noticed the trooper was standing by the road and waving me over...
He had me dead to rights. He walked up to my window, explained that he had me on radar and asked for my license/registration. He was very cordial, which eased my nervousness, and he headed back to his vehicle without me even remembering to tell him about the paperwork not matching.
Now obviously as soon as he started to investigate he knew the car wasn't properly registered. But instead of ASSUMING I had STOLEN the vehicle, and ordering me out of the vehicle with my hands up,he calmly informed me that there was a problem and asked me to explain. I told him what had happened, he asked me what kind of vehicle the plate was previously registered to, went back to his car, and checked out the info I had provided when asked CALMLY...
He walked back and returned my documents. He reminded me to go and get things legally transferred the next day, apologized for the inconvenience, gave me a warning ticket, and reminded me to watch my speed. No threats, no ordering me out of the car or threatening to tase me or pepper spray me-no treating me like a criminal. And again this was a single officer, not two officers with guns drawn yelling and making confusing threats regarding the possibility of being tased or shot.
I feel like some people here are not empathetic to the very real fear that a lot of people of color experience with even minor interactions with police. That goes back to "the talk", which this video deals with. And remember in the CNN video even a US Army General discusses having the talk with his own sons. It's just something that a lot of white people are (apparently) completely oblivious to...