tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post770932683982463897..comments2023-11-05T04:09:26.194-05:00Comments on e g r e g o r e s: Teach your children (more on Gates)Apuleius Platonicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761230673724504084noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-11723165192951806232009-07-31T00:21:32.867-04:002009-07-31T00:21:32.867-04:00When I was growing up a black 15 year old neighbor...When I was growing up a black 15 year old neighbor was severely pistol-whipped by white police officers for running a red light on his moped. His white friends, who had also run the light, were let go and not whipped. I have never forgotten this incident and never will. <br /><br />Police routinely abuse their power in the US. If they feel insulted they "haul you in" to teach you a lesson. Their egos are fragile.<br /><br />I just read a really scary article profiling Sheriff Joe Arpaio Phoenix. He routinely gives out tickets to people who oppose him for things like "innappropriate use of a car horn" and the like. <br /><br />I am with Gates on this one. No way in hell should he have been arrested unless he made physical threats or put hands on the cops, which he did not.Ellen Catalina, LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370543572803320295noreply@blogger.com