If you’re interested you may want to read about the Jim Crow laws
https://www.history.com/topics/early.../jim-crow-laws


Although in theory they were abolished in 1965 a number of states still have parts on their statute books. Local law enforcement officers it appears have often gotten away with abusing people of colour under some of the far reaching local societal applications

For a recent example there was a women who called 911 because she as frightened by an African American in Central Park. The question in my mind was why on Earth she considered this to be an appropriate action if there wasn’t some ingrained belief in her white rights.

NYC blue will know more than I.


But the really worrying thing is She’s not alone