A news story out of Pierce County, Washington: a police officer
spotted a man sitting in a car, parked in a high-crime area.
Suspecting theft, the cop asked for his name and date of birth.
After returning to his squad car to check the information,
which by the way was false, the man drove away as fast as
he could and a chase ensued, ending with a crash.
The case went to court where the driver, Palla Sum, asked to
have the charge of making a false statement to the police
dropped since the officer allegedly seized him illegally,
without any cause, before asking for his name. The police
objected, saying that Sum had not been seized, but rather
had merely been asked a question, to which he voluntarily
answered. However, the court ruled unanimously that Sum
had in fact been seized, and therefore must be released,
since he was Asian and the police have "a long history
of implicit and explicit bias against people of color,"
so Sum had reason to assume it was indeed a seizure.
The law, according to the court, must make up for past
injustices and therefore go very lightly and softly on
criminals, especially if they are classified as members of
a minority group. On reporting the story, the National Review
commented that it should be considered "affirmative action
for lawbreakers."
Just another day in America's (woke) justice system.
MEM
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