I'm a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.

[meadowlander]

17. I'm not disagreeing with you

that black people aren't treated the same way as white people. I'm saying we don't have enough facts to judge what happened in this particular instance.

I'm pointing out that we only have one side of the story and no context. I don't, as a general practice, think it's helpful to read into situations like that just because, in many other circumstances, black people are treated unfairly.

I frequently see situations where people who are breaking the rules decide that they are being unfairly picked on or are the victims and then go to the press to complain about it to drum up sympathy - particularly where they know that the person they are accusing can't respond because of confidentiality issues or institutional policies. It makes me somewhat skeptical when I see a news story with only one source using the kind of emotive description that this story does to describe events with no context or corroborating evidence. I'm not accusing anyone of lying... just pointing out that her perceptions of the event may not be the whole story.

I don't think it's "hand wringing" to suggest holding off on judgment until you have all of the facts, or at least you have more than one person's take on it.