Incidents like this one should be dealt with directly, honestly, and individually. The police should not cover them up, and political opportunists should not exploit them. Obsessing about race, and especially being so selective and manipulative about it, distorts everything that should be plain and highlights that which should be irrelevant. Police officers should do their job, reacting to situations and using their judgment in accordance with their training, and citizens should obey the law. Tom Jipping is director of the Free Congress Foundation's Center for Law and Democracy.
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