The US police state, the "best" in the world

[MadHound]

11. You are basing this all on your own experience,

And while your own experience may be just fine, for many people it isn't.

I'm 6'5", and at the time I was living in Springfield Mo, I was a nice, fit 240. Like you, long ponytail and a goatee, though not the same clothing. I was stopped by the police eight times in four years either walking down the street or riding my bike for no other reason than the standard hassle, "who are you, where do you live, etc." Granted, that was twenty five years ago, but that town, along with many other towns, simply hasn't changed.

Try having a brown skin and see how often you get pulled over. Try being white skinned and simply in the wrong town, or the wrong part of town. Don't you get it, just because you have never had any problems doesn't mean that your experience is universal, or even common.

City I live fairly close to now has "safety stops", basically checkpoints where you are stopped and the police demand to see your license, registration and insurance papers. No reason, and everybody going down that road is stopped for this "papers please" checkpoint. You don't find that disturbing in the least?

You don't think it is excessive that we have more people in prison that China does? You don't find it just the least bit strange that forty percent of the prison population is African American? You don't find it the least bit disturbing that the US has the highest incarceration rate of the entire world?

Wake up, just because you have never had any problems doesn't mean you can generalize your experience to the rest of us. In fact, looking at the numbers, you are becoming more and more of an exception.