Originally Posted by
BengalCat
Separate, from above, after reading the article I was disappointed to see the article's author decision to interject or attempt to make race an issue.
From the article (and the video):
- both videos show the two riders rolling through the stop
- Matre (the officer) asks Perpinan if he had stopped at the stop sign. When he says yes... (What? Didn't you just see that BOTH ran through the intersection together???)
- Matre doesn’t speak to him again, nor does he attempt to arrest him for fleeing alongside Lopez.
- In the police vehicle, Matre asks Lopez if he’s an American citizen. (He didn't ask the same question to Perpinan.)
You're right, the author of the article isn't shy to point out that "the optics of the facts" aren't great, but we could infer the same by looking at the facts.
Last edited by GreenAnvil; 02-15-20 at 05:28 PM.