1. "RE: Black Princeton Professor arrested.. was she wrong?" In response to In response to 0
>allegedly >driving at 67 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone, at around 9:30 >am.
>her driving privileges were suspended
>and a warrant was issued for her arrest for two unpaid ticket >violations stemming from 2013.
>Subsequently, she was held free after paying $130.00 in >overdue fines
she's complaining about being handcuffed and patted down and connecting that to the larger problem of over-policing of blacks.
“We already know it IS the standard protocol for people in poor Black, Indigenous, and Latino communities to experience disproportionate police surveillance, harassment, violence, and punishment,” she wrote. “That is the graver injustice. I’m asking you to understand that my experience, and my feelings, are directly and intimately tied to that larger truth. We unquestionably have a serious problem with policing in this society.”
she's right about the problem w/policing but i don't think her case is the best example of the problem.