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In response to "Agreed. They can both be right. And it's not like Gates' response comes from nowhere. There is a long history of racial profiling in this country. " by pmb

Past experience doesn't excuse bad behanvior, sorry.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Jul 27 '09, 11:35

By your rationale, if I'd been mugged a couple times by black guys, then I'm justified in "jumping to the wrong conclusion" and assuming every black guy on the street is a violent criminal.

Sorry, stereotyping isn't okay just because you (or Gates) wants to use it on white cops.

Not fuzzy.

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Not at all. But the fact of the matter is that you probably would walk accross the street (lots of white people do). We all act on our experience - pmb Jul 27, 11:42 7
- That's plenty of reason. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 27, 11:50 6
  - No it's not. - pmb Jul 27, 11:58 5
    - Um, unless Crowley gets reprimanded (and maybe even if he does), reality supports my position. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 27, 12:01 4
      - No it doesn't. The charges were dropped. Guess why. - pmb Jul 27, 12:09 3
        
        PR. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 27, 12:10 2
        
        They would lose. Makes the PR all that much worse. -- nm - pmb Jul 27, 12:12 1
        
        [shrug] I guess we'll never know for sure. - Dr.Vermin Jul 27, 12:15

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