I have a whole set of long and depressing stories of my interactions with cops going back to when I was still in the single digits in age. I've never once committed a crime. I'm a middle class white girl. If it's this bad for me, how is it for people who aren't middle class white girls? I am constantly amazed to learn that most middle class white mothers tell their kids the cops were there to protect me. My mother instead told me to keep my head down and smile no matter what the cops did or said. I am constantly surprised how many other middle class white people make it out of childhood trusting cops so that when they find out about crap like this, they feel betrayed.
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Date: 2013-07-14 10:41 pm (UTC)