While there's a problem with rights being infringed upon, I don't think race was a factor in the response by police. The driver was clearly a danger to herself and others. The hitting of the barrier wasn't when shit fell apart, it was when she wildly pulled away from there, and back out into traffic.
Larry B. wrote:Is your neighborhood a safer place now? The most likely answer is no. So why do you take it? Is it even worth it?
I don't know why people are so blase about their rights being infringed upon as far as privacy and such, and I think that having a militarized police force in some places is a worrisome trend, but despite the publicity that goes along with anomalies like school shootings, violent crime is way down.
Despite your perceptions, a huge chunk of the violent crime that remains (over half) is black-on-black and black-on-other (white, hispanic, Asian), despite blacks being outnumbered by about
9 to 1:
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr
You bring up race, and I don't think it was warranted, but if you want to bring it up, and then make broad (and incorrect) statements about violent crime, you'll have to grapple with uncomfortable facts. I'm certainly not saying that the driver's actions had anything to do with her being black, but since you've suggested an opposite scenario, I think it could be helpful to orient you so that your perceptions aren't based merely on presumptions.