13337453, On Earth 2 white people arent allowed to be cops Posted by MEAT, Mon Jun-10-19 08:38 AM
I had a jack off call himself flashing his badge at me this morning Was he in a cop car? No a Jetta Was he in a cop uniform? No he looked and dressed like Johnathan Hodgeman But what he was was a white man. That was driving both below the speed limit and conditions in the fast lane. So when I passed him and gave him the appropriate finger his only response was to flash his badge at me To which I replied with an additional finger, and mouthed “I don’t care” and then gestured to the speedometer Was I wrong? No. Was I inappropriate? 50/50
But i also wasn’t the one trying to hide behind some false authority to justify my behavior.
Addendum: part of my irritation is that I’m quietly big on ethics and optics And to rule based systems, one crack begets more The manager that flirts with an intern The cop car that flashes its lights to get through an intersection The quid pro quo of capitalistic democracy ... all these things shake a foundation And as a black man I’ll NEVER have trust in police, but if they think it’s just the fact that they’re openly racist and murderous, it’s so much more. When your near every interaction with them is in th grey, how can you ever even begin to trust them.
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