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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like this discussion is actually getting back to being productive so let's continue further by looking at another incident of "Walking While Black."

[b]Video shows Seattle cop arresting elderly black man using golf club as cane[/b]
[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/29/video-shows-seattle-police-officer-arresting-an-elderly-black-man-carrying-a-golf-club/[/url]

This particular incident isn't a simple case of mistaken identity when a crime has been committed.  This incident is, as a PP described, an example of a rogue police officer violating their systemic training.  What impact do incidents such as this have on public opinion of law enforcement and the existence of racial discrimination toward non-whites and what is the significance of public opinion versus data and statistics when it comes to issues of racial discrimination?[/quote]
I just read the article and watched the video.  I'm not sure why you're making this out as a racial incident.  What I saw in the video is a police officer who says on camera that the guy swung a golf club at her when she turned the corner at some point earlier.  She seemed polite and respectful as she asked him to put down the golf club before she approached him, and actually seemed slightly flummoxed about his refusal to put the club down.  When she ultimately approached him and detained him, she seemed pretty gentle about the whole thing.  He seemed a bit addled, which perhaps led to him refusing the police officer's instructions and generally defying her.  We don't have video here of the earlier event, so cannot tell what happened there.  But unless the police officer was just making up the earlier event as a pretext to harass this guy, I don't see any problem with how she conducted herself here.

Now to be clear, the article refers to some Facebook posts where the officer complained about people turning situations into racial issues.  I can understand the officer being frustrated, but she should have the common sense not to post such complaints on Facebook.  If that's what caused her to get reprimanded, I can understand.  But I'm not sure why she'd be reprimanded for how she treated the guy.[/quote]

Thank you for taking the time to review the materials and comment here. Indeed, another example where BEHAVIOR seems to be a key factor, not RACE.

Why do so many (of all colors) find this so hard to grasp?[/quote]

Okay...let's try another angle.  Care to review these materials and comment?
[b]Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police[/b]

[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/23/us-usa-police-nypd-race-insight-idUSKBN0K11EV20141223[/url][/quote]

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