[Durham INC] FW: [pac2] my Christmas wishes

[Danielle White]

> I'm sure they don't mean it's OK to kill Latinos, or whites or Asians. 
> Police come in all those flavors and they get killed quite often, but 
> I don't recall a single protest or any signs saying "Cops lives 
> matter". Rather curious isn't it?
That's an easy one: because when police are shot and/or killed there is 
a disproportionate response to find whomever did so. Put another way, by 
the response police lives already matter more.

For example, earlier this year a man shot two Pennsylvania State 
Troopers, one fatally, at a barracks in eastern Pennsylvania. The result 
was a manhunt that included evacuations being ordered of residences, 
road-blocks, etc., and an expense that is expected to reach $11 million.

Further, when they falsely claim to have been shot while on duty and are 
later caught they often get sentences that are the proverbial "slap on 
the wrist." That happened in the same region of Pennsylvania about a 
decade ago - while I lived there. An officer with a local police 
department (my recollection fails me; quite likely the City of 
Carbondale) reported that he was shot while making a traffic stop. A 
manhunt ensued even while the county district attorney was pressuring 
the officer about discrepancies in his report which ultimately lead to 
the officer confessing that he had faked the incident (he had shot his 
uniform shirt and bulletproof vest the day before at his home.) 
Ultimately he was sentenced to 3-22 months in prison for his actions, 
and only failed to get probation because a judge decided that was 
inappropriate.

Earlier this year I had an interaction with police in the form of a 
traffic stop. When the officer approached me he did so very rapidly - 
exiting his vehicle in a clear hurry about as soon as it was stopped and 
rapidly approaching me. From what I could observe, he was reaching 
toward the handlebars of my motorcycle, presumably to take the key from 
the ignition, and had his gun unholstered. Once he got beside me, 
however - to the point when he would have been able to see my face (I 
ride with full gear and wear a full-face helmet) and the manufacturer 
badge on the fuel tank of the motorcycle, his body language abruptly 
relaxed. He did not, of course, elucidate to me why his demeanor 
changed, but it's not difficult to guess that me being a middle-age 
white woman riding a BMW had something to do with it (and that I was 
able to plea to a charge so much lesser that I remain amazed.)
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