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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4524671" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>About 30 years ago was delivering USA Today in a black neighborhood in Memphis at 0530.&nbsp; Had a white officer block me, jump out of his car and go for his gun before he realized what I was doing.&nbsp; Said a white guy in that neighborhood at that time of morning was highly suspicious.&nbsp; About 20 years ago was out walking my dog in an almost all white neighborhood.&nbsp; Had just moved in and had been doing that for a few days.&nbsp; One man came out with his arms folded, pistol prominently displayed, watching me.&nbsp; A couple nights later a deputy sheriff came up alongside and starting questioning me about some pickup truck down the street.&nbsp; A few years later in a city on the border I was walking from my apartment to a restaurant about 9 p.m. when stopped by a cop who ran my ID.&nbsp; You think it&#039;s because of your race.&nbsp; To some extent it may be but more than likely it&#039;s something out of the ordinary for a cop who decides to investigate.&nbsp; If you had driven through that neighborhood you most likely wouldn&#039;t have been stopped.&nbsp; Yes it&#039;s insulting to have someone question your right to be anywhere but I wonder how many break-ins, how many kidnappings of children, were thwarted because cops were vigilant?&nbsp; The price we pay for safety.&nbsp; Stop-and-frisk under Giuliani and Bloomberg was deemed racist and stopped.&nbsp; But thousands of guns and criminals were removed and NYC became one of the safest big cities in the country.&nbsp; How many black lives were saved because of that program?&nbsp; I think the inner cities biggest problem isn&#039;t cops.&nbsp; It&#039;s poorly educated kids who turn to crime because they can&#039;t compete for decent jobs.&nbsp; And thus the constant struggle between them and authorities.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4524671, member: 24302"] About 30 years ago was delivering USA Today in a black neighborhood in Memphis at 0530. Had a white officer block me, jump out of his car and go for his gun before he realized what I was doing. Said a white guy in that neighborhood at that time of morning was highly suspicious. About 20 years ago was out walking my dog in an almost all white neighborhood. Had just moved in and had been doing that for a few days. One man came out with his arms folded, pistol prominently displayed, watching me. A couple nights later a deputy sheriff came up alongside and starting questioning me about some pickup truck down the street. A few years later in a city on the border I was walking from my apartment to a restaurant about 9 p.m. when stopped by a cop who ran my ID. You think it's because of your race. To some extent it may be but more than likely it's something out of the ordinary for a cop who decides to investigate. If you had driven through that neighborhood you most likely wouldn't have been stopped. Yes it's insulting to have someone question your right to be anywhere but I wonder how many break-ins, how many kidnappings of children, were thwarted because cops were vigilant? The price we pay for safety. Stop-and-frisk under Giuliani and Bloomberg was deemed racist and stopped. But thousands of guns and criminals were removed and NYC became one of the safest big cities in the country. How many black lives were saved because of that program? I think the inner cities biggest problem isn't cops. It's poorly educated kids who turn to crime because they can't compete for decent jobs. And thus the constant struggle between them and authorities. [/QUOTE]

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