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As soon as somebody feels like race might have had a part in the way they were treated, others will say "it's the race card."
I think if I were in Gates' situation, I might have been angry at the (rather likely) possibility that my skin color would have anything to do with it.
I don't get it when people say that we should always be courteous to cops, even when they're pushing the boundaries. Yes, we might be stupid for questioning a police officer's motives, since he can bring hell into our lives, but at the same time, the cop shouldn't have the power to do whatever the fuck they want. A lot of times, if they get even a little backtalk from a suspect, they'll make a point to make his/her treatment a lot worse, stick around more, ask more unnecessary questions.
If its the cops' right to be a dick, it should be ours too.
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