Comments by "Nina Daly" (@ninadaly7639) on "Roland S. Martin"
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Exercise a little empathy and put yourself in a cop’s shoes. You are the cop assigned to an anti-drug trafficking task force. It comes down from headquarters that there’s been an upswing of traffickers using buses to traffic up and down the Atlantic corridor. Thus, you are told to be suspicious of all buses and to perform random checks if a traffic violation occurs. There is a protocol established for such stops and it is taught to you as a member of the task force. You see the bus in this story driving in the left lane (probably at about 50-55 mph as it’s a school bus) impeding faster traffic. That’s why there’s a law prohibiting trucks from driving in the fast lane. You stop the bus. Now when you approach that bus, which is your job to do, you expect 1 of 2 things; either it’s a school bus full of kids traveling thru the state in a bus with out-of-state plates, OR the bus is a beard for a cartel and is carrying 100 kilos of cocaine for distribution, in which case it is reasonable to believe there could be heavily armed people in that bus facing huge mandatory minimums if they get caught; In other words, people who have nothing to lose. If the latter is even remotely possible, wouldn’t you approach with caution? Also, as a cop, you are well aware that “jails are full of innocent people,” meaning criminals never admit wrong doing. You’ve learned NOT to trust what people say, but to remain objective and investigate for yourself. Now you do your investigation and it turns up nothing, as I’m sure many such stops do. You realize apologize for the delay and, recognizing the driver is out of state, let the driver slide on the citation. I guarantee you those guys conducted the stop as they were trained to do. What would you have done differently in their shoes?
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@peteveal9836 “We are a ‘cursed’ people”. That is exactly what I’m talking about. That narrative is a self-fulfilling prophecy for some. “We’re cursed.” “There will never be peace between Blacks and police.” Don’t your see that those statements are part of your internal dialogue and effect the way you see yourself and the world around you? Why won’t there be peace between black people and police, at least between law abiding black people. The cops are there to protect them just as much as anyone. But you must understand, law is necessary to the survival and operation of a society. You cannot break the law and then get self-righteous about your rights. You have, in such instances, totally disrespected the rights of others, right? Forget what you think you know about the past. Don’t make it YOUR future when you don’t have to. Many many black Americans are doing as well as anyone else in this country. It’s only about 5-6 % that are stuck in the past. I don’t blame them though. I blame their parents for choosing to have kids but not stepping up to the plate and raising the bar on THEMSELVES to help their kids have a better life than they did, to achieve more than they did. But let’s face it, self-pity is part of American life now, along with deceit, greed and narcissism. BUT, we can do better….we MUST do better.
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