Anyone of colour is expected to follow “the law” even when what they’re being subjected to is not lawful.
To be stopped and searched at a whim. To have identification and property seized without cause or redress. To have their right to be in a public place challenged. To not have their right to self defense recognized even if fired upon. To be put in mortal danger and have the supposed peacekeepers regularly actively escalate into violence with the onus always on them to de-escalate but at the same time have any attempt at de-escalation be viewed as disrespect which is grounds enough for a fatal gunshot. To be fined beyond legal limits, to be jailed when others would be fined or simply warned, to be a hated invader in their home threatened daily by neighbours whose rights trump theirs and who would be considered justified pretty much by default in using lethal force if they ever felt the slightest bit threatened. And they are justified feeling threatened just by POC being in their sight while any suggestion that they are harassing said POC is hostile and ungrateful.
To always be presumed guilty, the establishment of a crime to come after punishment or in the post-mortem. And if they don’t like it? Well they can pack their shit and leave. If they don’t want to fit in with society nothing’s keeping them here, it’s “our” home not theirs and they’ll be reminded of that constantly. There’s no need for the majority to concern themselves with a “troublesome” minority’s wants even if they’re literally dying simply trying to follow “rules” that only apply as entities that want them to lose see fit to apply them.
But on the flipside? People like Ammon Bundy can ignore fines, resist arrest, hold police at gunpoint, assault federal employees, harbor known criminal arsonists, burst into an unrelated infant’s hospital room and harass the staff when he’s ejected, openly and explicitly threaten the lives of others including members of law enforcement by name…
And be celebrated for defending their “rights” to completely disregard the law because it inconveniences them.
The same people who would dismiss any wrongdoing if a black man was shot dead because he entered a 7-11 without a shirt with a policy not to serve shirtless people posted on the door and just say “if they followed the law it wouldn’t have happened” up in arms if the same 7-11 posted a mask policy and a white person not only came in without a mask but assaulted the sales associates for telling them to put one on and would expect the police to arrest the clerk. The same people who outright legalized vehicular manslaughter if it got rid of BLM protesters because being where they could be seen and heard was simply annoying and could disrupt shopping out for blood when “Canadian” Truckers were dispersed after days of playing British Bulldogs with the RCMP, ignoring orders to stop blocking roads in a deliberate bid to cause economic damage, and honking their horns in the dead of night specifically to harass and psychologically torment citizens.
And if we law abiding masses don’t like it? Well we can pack our shit and leave. They have no obligation to fit into society’s demands. It doesn’t matter that it’s “our” society if it gets in the way of their “rights” and to deny them that is the tyranny of the majority.