re: The white racist cop was gonna shoo...oh, wait, he had a bodycam...NEVAMIND

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But, really, I don't consider the fireman the most important aspect of this video. The MOST IMPORTANT aspect is actually based upon YOUR post. Namely, this "reality" you speak of. You see, you know as well as fricking I do that absent the camera, you would have BELIEVED this firefighter's story just as you likely believe nearly every story uttered by black "witnesses". Just as this firefighter likely always has believed them. The ONLY think that kept you from believing this one was the fact that there is irrefutable evidence to the contrary.

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You know why? law enforcement has a documented history of policing brown and black people exponentially harder than other groups. And they have made it well known as well. How is it our fault that they preconceive us as criminals, and always have?

Law enforcement has lost the benefit of the doubt in a lot of these communities and they only have THEMSELVES to blame for it.

That's a systematic problem rooted in their core, and if they expect change, they are going to have to change the way the view and treat people. these are not antecodal incidents for the blacks and brown people..its life for them. So their is absolutely no need to downplay their fears and perceptions when they are rooted in reality.