(06-05-2020, 09:36 AM)copycat Wrote: Curious and hopeful that maybe we can all agree there are no easy answers.  I offer a hypothetical question:

A white police officer is sitting in his car on the side of the street finishing up some paperwork when he hears over the radio: “Be on the lookout for a black male in his mid to late 20’s wearing a red shirt and driving a blue sedan.  He has been involved in a domestic dispute and has abducted a 4 year old child.  He is considered to be armed and dangerous.”

At that moment a 27 year old black male headed to work driving a blue sedan crosses the intersection the police officer is sitting at. The man is dropping of his 4 year old son at the daycare around the corner before starting his day as an Asst. Manager at Target.

Now ask yourself the following questions.

1. What should the police officer do? 
2. How would you respond if you were the man headed to work?
3. How many different ways can this interaction go depending on either the young mans or the police officers actions?