Well, when you put it that way, it sounds awful.

Oh wait, it was *already* awful.

Yeah, let’s start caring about our fellow citizens instead of just pretending we do.

Republicans have no idea what the hell they are talking about. In this instance it is concerning the President’s policies and the impression he’s a European (instead of African I suppose), but the general rule still applies. They have no clue what reality is.

What an idiot!

I don’t have the full experience as described here but I have lived in places where the police made it very, very hard to feel you lived in a free country.

I mean, if you and a couple buddies are walking down the street and one of you have a stick, does that *really* demand two squads, guns drawn, and you with your face being not so gently pushed into the gravel?

I was thirteen years old and all we had was a stick. Apparently we got off lucky. If only that was my only brush with the police growing up.

So yeah, it isn’t a hatred, and fear isn’t quite the right word. Respect isn’t either, at least not in the sense of looking up to someone. More in the respect you would give a pride of lions as they walked through your neighborhood.

I know good police officers. I respect the job they do. That does not, however, translate into a trust of all those who wear the badge. I just haven’t had enough good interactions to justify that yet.

You want to know when conservatives might have regressed too far on their stance on race in America? When Forbes deems it necessary to call the GOP out on its racism.

All you really need to know about the hypocrisy evident when your skin color is factored into law enforcement.