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Message: [QUOTE="robwbright, post: 1060054, member: 60515"] From what I can see on a demographics map (and correct me if I'm wrong), Cherry Hill is an area with a very high African American population. When I was living in DC, I missed a stop on the subway and ended up taking the train to Anacostia (perhaps the highest crime section of D.C. and very low percentage of whites). I was the only white person left on the train, and had to get off at the last stop and wait 5-10 minutes for the next train to come. I was in a significant degree of fear when waiting for the next train to get me out of there. On another occasion, two unsavory characters attempted to mug me on 13th and Massachusetts one night when I was walking home from school. It's not a pleasant experience or environment. Here's my theory of what happened in the Baltimore situation: Those kids who got lost in Cherry Hill were probably highly stressed in that neighborhood because they were afraid. They probably rolled through the stop sign because they were stressed by the situation and/or relieved to see a police officer. I haven't seen a pic, but it's likely that the officer was African American given the demographics of the area. The officer probably treated them with some measure of contempt when informing them they were getting a ticket (as many officers do) and the kids got a bit mouthy or insistent. The officer then became belligerent and refused to give them directions. The situation escalated from there. Even if the kids were mouthy, it's not NECESSARY to put them in jail. That's RIDICULOUS. [/QUOTE]

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