Something like 1/4 of cops admit that they make contact with people based on a racial bias... maybe it is about race. Places like Detroit and Washington DC are not the rule in the US because they are MOSTLY poor and black.

Like I said: "The kind of behavior your partner says he experienced is the exception, but when interacting with minorities it's the rule"

"CAN". They CAN. That's not the default. That's what white women, and white people, don't get. It CAN happen. The police officer MAY treat you like shit. But he or she probably won't. If you reach into your pocket to pull out your wallet, the officer won't assume you're reaching in for a gun. It CAN turn ugly. But it…

I don't know why there's always multiple people who feel the need to point out that "this happens to white people too" because as a white woman, you are never, ever, ever going to experience the level of systematic harassment, brutality, and violence from the police that poor, brown people do, especially poor…

It's not illegal, the Supreme Court ruled as such in 1979 in Smith v. Daily Mail. It's explicitly legal as long as the names are obtained lawfully and the reporting is truthful.

You're wrong. In Smith v. Daily Mail in 1979 the Supreme Court ruled it's 100% lawful and legal to publish the names of minors in news stories as long as the names are lawfully obtained, ie, they didn't search through confidential juvenile proceedings documents to find them, which they didn't.

Absolutely... I have never met a white person in my entire life, and so can only presume from 20th century British film that that's how they speak.

Being white means the cops gave your dad the benefit of the doubt, that he wasn't really an abuser, he didn't really deserve the attention, and there was no need to take you away and put you in emergency foster care, because if a white man was hitting you, you probably deserved it and weren't in any imminent danger.

The kind of behavior your partner says he experienced is the exception, but when interacting with minorities it's the rule, especially for the LAPD. I drive like a grandma and get pulled over all the time for Driving While Black. White parents tell their kids to look for cops when they get lost - my dad always said…

That is VERY true. I have some friends who grew up white and middle class with abusive parents, and CPS just sent them home, where they definitely wouldn't with a different race family.

I bet most of you guys are white, from middle-class families, and so when you meet or read about people who are afraid of the cops, you think "pish posh! Cops are there to protect us!" But in reality, the police force tends to attract the kind of person who's into having power over other people, and they know that the…

The article isn't saying "Glowe's Husband is Abusive and is Going to Hit Her." It's saying "Forty Percent of Police Families Experience Domestic Violence." You're in the 60% who doesn't. Great! Great for you. 40% still do.

Lol, the attire at my wedding was "please come comfortable and wear whatever the hell you want."

Whatever you do DO NOT CONTACT THIS BOY AGAIN.

You're very right in that you can look at the same story from different news sources and the different wording of the headlines - even using what is, technically, factual language - betrays the authors'/newspaper's bias.

I feel the same way about Chris Brown. He is 23! He looks at least 35.

I don't mean to snark, I think it's sad that her life/drugs/plastic surgery have made her look 15+ years older than she actually is.

No, I think it's incredibly sad that the plastic surgery and the hard livin' have made her look so much older than she is. She doesn't look like she has any wrinkles in that photo.

Jesus Christ, isn't she in her 20s? She looks like one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.