Actually, no. I'm with Elizabeth on this. Here's a disquieting observation: one group with which the police have never dared abuse or otherwise interfere with is the Nation of Islam. Now, why do you think that is? The police know they won't start anything but they also know that anyone who abuses a member of that community is DEAD MEAT, maybe even on the spot.

If whites know they can get away with abusing people of color, too many of them will do it. Which is true of all humans; whiteness does not a demon mark. Once they know they won't get away with it, things will change