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In reply to the discussion: If you are white, did your parents give you "the talk" about how to behave around police? [View all]leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)Specifically a Michigan State Trooper that had pulled us over for speeding (I think).
I was only 10 but I remember it pretty clearly. The trooper was surly and disrespectful to my dad, which my mother
later confirmed to other troopers afterwards. My dad told the trooper to show some respect (or words to that effect)
and that was it! The trooper seemed to lose his mind and started shouting. When dad got out of the car to calm him down
the guy got even more frantic and threatening. He at one point tried to put hands on my dad. That's when dad had
enough. He beat that cop with multiple solid blows to the head and face a brutal neck stomp after the
guy had finally collapsed.
It wasn't until years later that I learned that some people have no choice but to put up with impertinent and rude police
and that the problem is endemic in some communities.
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