A professor at Princeton University wrote about her arrest this weekend for what she said was a three-year-old parking ticket, sparking debate on social media between those who see it as an example of racist behavior by police and others who believe it was an overreaction to a minor incident. Her account tapped into the national conversation over police treatment of black people that has led to protests, including demonstrations at Princeton and many other colleges. It reminded some of the 2009 arrest of the prominent Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he tried to force open the door of his own home. But others pushed back, saying the scrutiny of police actions and tensions over race make officers’ already dangerous jobs even more difficult. Imani Perry, a professor of African American studies at Princeton who earned her doctorate and law degrees at Harvard, told this story online:

February 8, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post