[2006alum]

And it's not a surprise they're concerned about the places where the mafia still have a widespread presence, because shaking down local stores can happen in the best of times. I have a hard time seeing folks raid my local Target while the cops stand idly by.

Well, I watched the cops stand idly by while supporters of - ahem - one political party were routinely and repeatedly attacked.  Apparently they'd been told to stand down.

I agree - the treatment of the Freedom Riders in the 1950s and early 1960s was appalling. But in the era of Ring Doorbells, Dashboard Cams, and Facebook Livestreaming, it's a little harder to get away with long-term coordinated selective police enforcement, at least in the non-urban, non-poor enclaves where both of us are likely to live and work in.

[2006alum]

And it's not a surprise they're concerned about the places where the mafia still have a widespread presence, because shaking down local stores can happen in the best of times. I have a hard time seeing folks raid my local Target while the cops stand idly by.

Well, I watched the cops stand idly by while supporters of - ahem - one political party were routinely and repeatedly attacked.  Apparently they'd been told to stand down.

I agree - the treatment of the Freedom Riders in the 1950s and early 1960s was appalling. But in the era of Ring Doorbells, Dashboard Cams, and Facebook Livestreaming, it's a little harder to get away with long-term coordinated selective police enforcement, at least in the non-urban, non-poor enclaves where both of us are likely to live and work in.