Why Black People Running From the Police Makes Perfect Sense

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14. The only problem is cops are showing you might not even survive to fight it in court

Of course, the outcome for resolving a dispute with a cop on the street is little better. But in our most recent example, Freddie Gray was illegally stopped (how rare is it for a prosecutor to be that forthcoming that an arrest is illegal on national TV again?), and the cops for all intents and purposes decapitated him before he ever had the chance to speak with a lawyer. I guess the cops aren't technically beheading enemies like ISIS yet but their actions had the same effect albeit with less blood splatter.

In order for policing to be legitimate, the policed must have confidence that they will live to speak to a lawyer. That is not uniformly the case in America, we are not all equal under the law, and that must change.