A white “back the blue” family was speeding their dog to the veterinarian after it had been hit by a car. When stopped by the police, they assumed white privilege and that cops would es…
He’d been tear gassed while protesting the Vietnam War, and when I was deciding what to do for college, he let me know that the main reason he went was to reduce his draft odds.
I think that’s what made him distrust the police. He wasn’t antigovernment or anything though, and even ran for state senate later in life, after being in local politics. No Democrat had ever won in his district though so he never had a chance.
Your dad was amazing for doing that. Sadly that advice was far from the norm back then. Especially in non minority families.
He’d been tear gassed while protesting the Vietnam War, and when I was deciding what to do for college, he let me know that the main reason he went was to reduce his draft odds.
I think that’s what made him distrust the police. He wasn’t antigovernment or anything though, and even ran for state senate later in life, after being in local politics. No Democrat had ever won in his district though so he never had a chance.