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In response to "Past experience doesn't excuse bad behanvior, sorry. " by Dr.Vermin

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

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jul 27 '09, 11:42

one way or the other. You're okay with it when its the police acting on their experience, but it goes both ways. And in your example we're talking about people in equal positions of power and in the actual case, it's not. You also have the ability to change people's perceptions through experience. Those in authority should try to do that too. There was really no reason to arrest him other than he was really annoying and made their lives more unpleasant. That's not an arrestable offense.

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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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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

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