Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law
by mikeash on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:07AM
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I can think of two obvious differences off the top of my head:
1) The family sued and won almost $2 million, which is what allowed them to pay for the ad campaign.
2) White people still generally have a friendly relationship with police. There is no systematic discrimination, brutality, and killing the way there is with (at least some) minorities.
In short, this difference is precisely what you would expect to see when a member of a powerful group is wronged versus when a member of a powerless group is wronged.
1) The family sued and won almost $2 million, which is what allowed them to pay for the ad campaign.
2) White people still generally have a friendly relationship with police. There is no systematic discrimination, brutality, and killing the way there is with (at least some) minorities.
In short, this difference is precisely what you would expect to see when a member of a powerful group is wronged versus when a member of a powerless group is wronged.