My interest in race here is that these practices were probably inflicted on blacks _first_, probably without white objection.
It's decades later and the laws that allowed police to terrorize blacks are gradually being extended to all races. I worry that this pattern will repeat itself.
This is how the vast majority of freedom-limiting laws have been implemented in the US.
Marriage licensing, gun control, and drug prohibition immediately spring to mind. Gun control in particular is a topic I'm invested in - see JPFO's video "No Guns for Negroes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaX3EM-fsc8
It's decades later and the laws that allowed police to terrorize blacks are gradually being extended to all races. I worry that this pattern will repeat itself.