To address the vid. I totally understand what he is trying to get across, but its not my experience.
I grew up on 78th and Normandie. 2 Blocks from ground zero of the 1992 LA riots. I grew up in the heart of it. Went to Washington High, which is one of the toughest schools in the city. And yeah i had my fears of being approached by the street element. But to be totally honest, i was equally afraid of the police and its because of what i saw happening. It was common knowledge that LA Co. Sherriffs would beat the living shit out of you (and not get caught) if you "back talked" them. It was a running joke in LA on how you would get picked up in one neighborhood and get dropped off in another one. In torrance where my office is located, they had a police code when they would see a black driving through their fair city, NIT...Ni66er in Torrance. I know that its sometimes hard for you guys to grasp because you havent experienced it and foreign to you. But there is a real fear of police. Shit, 333386, you didnt even know of the Iran Contra drugs shit that happened to south central LA. Just as i dont know the commings and goings on Bronx from your POV, son you dont know innercity living as a black/latino.
Option D, this is so far from their reality, many will never get it until it smacks them in the face.
I know what you're talking about. I've seen it first hand.
I grew up a kid in the suburbs of Canada where the cops could be respected, and relied upon to protect & serve their communities. As a kid, it wasn't unheard of, if you happened to be out late, and miss the last bus to flag down a patrol car and ask for a ride home. Sometimes, they'd even let you play with the lights (but no sirens). I went from that to living in Southern Cali. The city I lived in, I was always treated with the utmost respect by Police officers. Being from the Canadian suburbs, I didn't think it unusual. I later realized it was. Because the mayor of that city was Black, and there were so few Blacks living in the city, every where I went, people mistook me for the mayor's daughter... including the cops. After moving from that city, I moved to the Valley. The cops there were quite different. I found myself getting repeatedly hassled while walking home from the 7/11. Not unbearably so, but about 5 or so times within a two week period to feel a little stand-offish about it. VanNuys sucked, so after two weeks I moved. The worst part was witnessing the treatment of young Black males.