Randall Kennedy

No, they didn't detain.

They didn't say anything.

It was palpable.

I could feel the attitude that was being...

being directed at the young black men.

And the thing is, see, the thing is, it's not as if this doesn't matter.

It matters because the way I saw it, these young black men knew.

They felt the contempt.

that the police were shedding, and this was going to have a consequence.

The consequence it was going to have is, let's imagine that the police did say, excuse me, what are you up to?

Now, if you have been feeling this contempt, if you feel like the officer who was asking this question doesn't like you, doesn't know anything about you, but just doesn't like you on sight,

You might answer in a certain sort of way.

You're not going to give the cop the benefit of the doubt and basically think, well, you know, policeman's just, you know, asking me this, you know, probably just trying to make the neighborhood safe.

Well, if that's your feeling, you know, policeman's just asking me this, trying to make the neighborhood safe.

Well, officer, the reason why I'm here is such and such.

And, you know, thanks for your service.

That's one response.

Another response is, I'm not going to tell you anything.

You know, I'm not going to tell you anything.

I know that you don't mean me any good.