im really offended by those who say something to the effect of "well, you gotta listen to cops. they tell you to move, you just gotta move"
when things are wrong you have to stand up for yourself. it's a disservice to the many people in the past who have refused to just go along with the program. whether it's texas, nyc or any little town on the middle of nowhere, the treatment people of color receive from the legal system (police, courts, etc) is all less than worthy of the word justice. why, it actually makes some of us more cynical folks think it's actually planned and systemic.
you know police departments way back in the way were really set up as organizations to capture run away slaves, right? these police departments nowadays are nothing, but an extension of the racialized values inherent in law enforcement. to tell a person to just listen to cops because they tell you to jump is not only incredibly cowardly, but also immoral