Vince McMahon didn't even get a slap on the wrist. He got a handshake.
What do you think would happen if you were driving over 100 mph on a highway, crashed into another vehicle and then finally pulled over after police chased you with their lights on?
Would you expect the police officer to:
Politely ask why you were driving so fast and whether you needed an ambulance – and then shake hands with you after issuing two tickets?
Bark at you to exit the car, put you in handcuffs and then take you to jail?
The vast majority of us would get handcuffs, but if you're Vince McMahon, you get handshakes.
McMahon is not only wealthy – the former chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment has an estimated net worth of up to $3.6 billion – he’s also well-connected. His wife, Linda McMahon, is the U.S. secretary of Education, and the power couple is close friends with President Donald Trump.
I was treated worse by a police officer for my 12-year-old car’s tint being “too dark,” compared with McMahon, who was charged with two misdemeanors and released.
Contrast that with any number of law enforcement encounters of people with color captured on video, like the Black college student in Florida who was removed from his vehicle and beaten. Police stopped the........
