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Might I suggest reading past the snippet.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-keeper-of-the-secret/ar-BBVqZPj

After decades of silence about a long-ago Virginia lynching, one man pursues accountability, apologies and the meaning of racial reconciliation

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-keeper-of-the-secret/2019/03/30/bc1294aa-4fe4-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html?utm_term=.8e4850294baa

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/04/14/video-shows-black-columbia-student-pinned-by-campus-police-after-failing-show-his-id/?utm_term=.d0f9f3ecfe20&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

The lead officer took McNab’s ID card and started to walk outside, commanding McNab follow. McNab refused and later explained to The Post that he wanted to stay near witnesses. He was afraid leaving the building would jeopardize his safety.

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Staying near witnesses is certainly smart for ANYONE in interactions with the police, since they won’t universally agree to have protected recordings of their actions.

1715

I don’t have any fucking words.

1716

And it took a lawsuit to even address.

Meanwhile…

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There have been like a dozen other things that could’ve been posted here in the last week, but I was feeling too drained to even bother.

1719

I saw that as well. It just shows that cops have zero credibility about identifying a black person. The cop was ready to cuff him right at the start until he started to complain (and his wife / girlfriend recording). The black guy was a bit aggressive but I think he walked the line pretty good at being firm and asking who the cop thought he was.

Black / Dreads, that’s all the cop thought he had to know.

Sigh.

1720

My conflict resolution instincts suggests showing the cop his ID would have helped defuse the situation immediately. It is dumb but that cop is even dumber so I can imagine how that scenario could have escalated out of control.

1721

Cops don’t have the right to demand your ID.

1722

Not really my point. I just would want to avoid an incident.

1723

It’s a bad precedent to allow cops to act illegally, simply out of fear that they will kill you for trying to stand up for your rights.

1724

I can see offering ID to defuse the situation despite my actual rights, but I didn’t grow up black and constantly having to defend my rights from overzealous and racist cops. I can’t fault someone for standing up for their actual rights.

1725

I tend to not mess around with people that have a gun. Although showing an ID to a cop ranks pretty low on the list of rights violations, especially now that I live in Japan, where it isn’t even one. To be clear, I am not really faulting anyone but the cop here.

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Yes, that’s the idea of it.

1727

I’d argue it’s the worst possible precedent.

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Besides, the cop would just shoot you for reaching for a “gun like object” anyway and get off Scott free.