Last October, I wrote a piece about the "herd mentality" in Detroit (and everyplace else, too). I invite you to read it. If... if the police officer's account of the situation is factual, it is just another example of the "herd mentality" in action. Rosa Parks became a symbol of blacks rising up against the white "herd mentality." Now, as Detroit celebrates the life of Rosa Parks, the very blacks that benefitted from her actions may have instituted their own version of that mentality.Perhaps you didn't notice the irony of your two headlines on October 25:
- Rosa Parks - Civil rights legend dies at age 92
- Police sued; race bias alleged - Detroit commanders says he was passed over for promotions and was demoted because he is white
Irony.