I know there's good ones and bad ones. Unfortunately, I grew up in what is commonly known as "the hood".
Most cops there treated everyone the same, disrespectfully. And no, I'm not against the cops, nor do I think the TRUE criminals from the inner city get a bad deal. I mean those gangstaz and hoodlums live close to US, what makes you think we want 'em there. But a lot of the cops I've seen in action just saw another Black face, not a person. (the Black cops, too.)
I mean, I'd like to work in federal law enforcement or prosecution some day, so I ain't anti-cop. I just know how the system operates. Their main job is to arrest violators, and if you're caught up in any adverse situation with them , you don't say ANYTHING until you lawyer up.
"But a lot of the cops I've seen in action just saw another Black face, not a person. (the Black cops, too.) "
Even in Atlanta, with black cops and a black police chief and a black mayor that seems to be true all too often.
With the Georgia Tech cops where I worked, it was a bit different. They were really concerned about student versus non-student.
Black students got treated like white students or asian students. But teens from the nearby Techwood housing project often did not get the same benefit of the doubt if they came on campus.