Stop & frisk was just one example, and it's one I thought of, because I recently saw an interview w/ a guy who said he had been stopped over 100 times - sometimes pushed down on the pavement. He started crying when he talked about it. I can't imagine that. I was unfairly targeted by a cop ONCE in my life, and it affected me on a pretty deep level. I didn't feel as free; and that was just one time. If I was a guy like that, I'd feel like I was a foreigner in a police state.
We hear the anecdotal stuff all of the time, and it's all basically true - blacks get pulled over more, harassed more, and yes - killed more.
I don't even really want to speak to whether or not the anthem is the best place to express issues w/ that. I mean, it worked, right? All a guy like Kaep can do is get America talking about it. I guess the conversation probably isn't focused where he'd want it to be focused, but it did start a conversation.
I think it's too bad that people have to turn it into a "spitting on the military" thing, which I never saw it as, and which Kaep said was the farthest thing from his mind and not his intent at all. If that's how you view the anthem, I think that's a personal thing - but people forget that intent matters. I think that's true of a lot of "PC" stuff that lefties get up in arms about, like when someone uses the "n word." Did they intend it to hurt or denigrate, or were they just saying it to illustrate another point? People don't focus on intent anymore. It's all just emotional knee-jerk reactions.
