re: #224 jaunte

I can’t speak for every black person in America, but my son has been stopped several times by the police for walking through his own neighborhood because he doesn’t match the prevailing color. It does happen.

Absolutely. Frequently, all over America, black people are not only stopped by the police, but sometimes terribly harassed. Even handcuffed and arrested for no good reason at all.

But every African-American in this country has been harassed by the police? No. I just do not believe it. And Powell’s accepting as fact that Gates was the victim of racism, when there’s absolutely no reason to believe that, is abhorrent.