It wasn&#x27;t about this one interaction, it&#x27;s about the relationship that police have with black people, and vice-versa.<p>If you are white, your expectation is that in this situation the cops would have taken you to the victim, she would have said it wasn&#x27;t you, and you&#x27;d go on with your day.<p>This man&#x27;s expectation, as a black man being questioned by the police, was that he has a 50&#x2F;50 chance of being falsely accused; that the woman who was going to give this testimony might just see &quot;black man&quot; and say &quot;that&#x27;s him officer&quot;. In the article, this college professor was so sure of that that he was going to <i>resist arrest</i>!.<p>It&#x27;s not about this one interaction, it&#x27;s about the culture of fear we have in this country between cops and black people. You&#x27;re not supposed to figure out these particular cops did wrong in this particular encounter - you&#x27;re supposed to empathize and understand what&#x27;s generally happening for&#x2F;to people in different circumstances than yourself, and hopefully have an impact on changing that over time.