>>That is a a very interesting experience. Talk about deja vu. I have seen handguns on police since I can remember here in the U.S. Yet, it REALLY surprised me when in the 80s I went to Germany (as well as a few other countries) and there were armed police on airport roofs. Now that was scary! I had never seen that before. It was also very intimidating to be stopped by police for any reason. Here we have a reasonable expectation of fair and respectful treatment - not the case everywhere else.
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>I don't suppose you'd like to discuss that point of view with Rodney King?

What an unnecessarily snide remark. There are so many factors other than race as to whether there is an expectation of fair and respectful treatment. Race can be a factor, but for you to use that as a basis for a rebuttal in this case is very close minded. We live in a very big country, with many types of people in many types of socio-economic situations. It's not always about just race.