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  • Do you think anyone (regardless of race) should have received that level of response in that situation ?

    As with any dispute, both parties can always strive for more, but I try to put myself in the cop’s situation. How long is long enough before you have to pull somebody who is clearly not cooperating from their car? Not following a lawful order during a traffic stop is a misdemeanor, which means you may be exiting your vehicle whether you like it or not.

    Do you think anyone (regardless of race) would have received that level of response in that situation ?

    I am positive racism plays a part in policing. But I didn’t see anything in this that leads me to believe Tyreek’s skin color affected his outcome. I’m a white dude and I easily see this happening to me if I did what he did.

    I’m sorry he got pulled from his car and cuffed, but my reaction to the video was that he had this coming.

    I’d personally view that as two opposing viewpoints, either you think he had it coming or you’re sorry it happened.

    They are not opposing or mutually exclusive viewpoints. I can be sorry for someone for the outcome they have been dealt based on their own actions. I can be sorry for him but also unsurprised.

    In these exact same circumstances, you’d expect a white person to be treated in the exact same way ?

    Yes, I truly feel this way in these circumstances. Perhaps I’m a naive idiot, but I just didn’t sense that he was treated that unfairly given his actions.