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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 4798263, member: 668"]
Due to the off tangent delicate subject matter you inject here, it's not surprising no one really further engaged on it.  Perhaps, it's because it's more of an OT type discussion not relative to basketball or the headlined thread topic?  Not to mention, the likelihood that discussing racism is and can sometimes be a no win situation.

In any event, I watched the video, and did so prior to reading your specific remark about race.  Honestly, while I was watching it, not once did my thought process go here.  Perhaps, naive, or whatever the case, but it never entered my mind due to the general context of what was taking place.

I believe the officer stated that the investigation he was conducting was to a [I]misdemeanor[/I] hit and run offense.  It's a small town, at a residence that is nice, well kept, no immediate apparent risk, threat, etc. of danger.  A white cop interrogating a white subject, whom he most likely knows (even though he claims otherwise) of this individual's status in the small community, etc.

If this was a similar status black person, same environment, setting etc. under the same apparent set of circumstances, etc. being interrogated by a black officer, I don't know if "[I]his dealing with police[/I]" would be any or much different.

In general, I find making blanket type statements, etc. vs. looking at it from an individual case by case type basis, is typically not a very productive one.  Just my opinion.
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