74. "So one officer followed procedure and another one didn't?" In response to In response to 69
This one lady's anecdote does absolutely nothing to influence my opinion that the Princeton professor is in the wrong.
It is noted in her story that she should have been treated exactly like the black lady since they had nearly identical violations. The officer in the white woman's situation even said if the chief comes around I'll have to put you in cuffs.
Who is to say he wouldn't extend that same courtesy to anyone of any race with this type of low level violation? It could just be his nature or his contempt for the ridiculousness of the procedure. I would need to see a pattern of behavior from this particular officer to come to any conclusion.
The officer in the black woman's case may just be a stickler for the rules and doesn't want to risk his job for something like this. Again, I would need to see a pattern of behavior from this officer to make a conclusion. If this particular officer tends to cuff black ladies and not white ladies, then yes there is a possibility that that was the reason for her treatment.
Taking two individuals scenarios like this illustrates absolutely nothing other than randomness. The black lady may have been assigned to the by the book officer, and the white lady was assigned to the lax officer.
I think the Princeton prof would have a solid argument about excessive policing on general. But her experience does not present any evidence of race-based disproportionate force