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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I was with OP until she started spouting off standard-issue Fox News rhetoric.[/b] Her story also seems *too* idealized (grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, still works w/ Black kids, etc.)

But ... assuming it is all true:
As a PP mentioned, the arbitrator had the power but only in that localized interaction. Hell, the arbitrator, I am sure, could have declared OP in contempt of court and made her spend overnight in jail (come on we all know a large number of arrests are for Contempt of Cop.)

It is entirely possible the arbitrator decided to "show whitey something" and slap court costs + the fine on OP, then stopped off at a department store on the way where he/she was followed for Shopping While Black. [/quote]

And you are spouting of standard issue Al Sharpton bullcrap![/quote]

How so?

1) I am acknowledging that Blacks can commit racist acts against Whites.
2) I am acknowledging that OP (assuming her story is accurate and she leaves off the bit about going 48 mph in a 15 mph school zone) was likely mistreated by the arbitrator both for being made to wait however many hours with a 7 month old infant and for not having her case dismissed as was the case with every other. 
3) I will also add that when progressive Whites dismiss stories like this or add on things like "you were guilty anyway" (gee, isn't that what was said by the Defenders of Darren Wilson?), it does absolutely zero good -- it denies that Blacks have independent agency (and will sometimes use that agency to be complete assholes or racist on their own) among other things. Therefore, minimizing OP's story is in the same vein as telling a mugging victim, "Why were you in that neighborhood that evening?" OP was guilty of speeding. She was not guilty of anything that warranted her case getting the book thrown at her or of being made to wait until the end of the day (despite having an infant.)

I am acknowledging there exist cases where Black customers somehow get more scrutiny while shopping than comparable White customers. Hence, Shopping While Black. We can argue over the extent to which it does happen, but denying its existence is foolishness of the highest order.

PP: 
Contempt of Cop is a real thing.

One example that didn't happen -- 
In 1998, I got pulled over on Route 29 north of Charlottesville for going 64 in the speed trap area where the limit is set to 45. The cop came over and asked, "So, do you know why I'm pulling you over?"

If I had said something like "Contributing to the Greene County general fund, sir," (and yes, that WAS on the tip of my tongue), I suspect I'd have ended up getting hauled to the station, and likely been slapped with reckless instead of a regular speeding ticket. Of course, the cop might have suddenly smelled marijuana or declared that golly, I was weaving in and out of my lane. Of course all that drama from the cop is unnecessary, I didn't make any threats implicit or explicit, I didn't attempt to harm the cop, but I was disrespecting his authoritay.

Now if I'd been Black, it's at least arguable that I'd have gotten roughed up or otherwise treated worse, or if I'd picked the Stormfront represenative in the Greene County Sheriff's office, I'd have been suddenly reaching into my waistbanda and had a gun pulled on me. [/quote]

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