Quote Originally Posted by Ronin13 View Post
That's a bit of a reach now-a-days. I'm willing to bet that if a black kid and I were both pulled over by the same cop in the same area, let's say 5 Points, neither one of us would be in fear of being shot by the cop. Sure growing up was a bit different, especially in the times of 2Pac where police abuse was rampant- depending on your region- and blacks were treated with disrespect and discriminated against because of their skin color, but as a good LEO friend once told me "If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and looks like a duck, odds are it's a damn duck." The fact of the matter is, and this is not racism at all- it's fact- more blacks were 'bangers' than whites in the mid-90s... so the perpetuation of the stereotype is certainly not my fault. I've seen unfair treatment of white kids because they wore baggy jeans, jerseys, and flat bill caps and looked and acted like they were thug... it doesn't always come down to color at all, it's attitude most of the time now-a-days.
Interesting viewpoint.