FWIW = For what it's worth
On JW's traffic offense, his "race" is given as "WHITE,CAUCASIAN,ASIATIC INDIAN,ARAB".
ITA with everything you said. My statement that JW identifies himself as "white" was in response to someone else's post that JW, as a black, urban youth, might have been afraid of talking to the police. I understand why some young men might be afraid of the police, especially given what has been exposed in MSM in the last few years, in many cases thanks to the relatively recent prevalence of camera phones. If someone believes that JW was afraid of the police because he is a black, urban male, and only because of that description, I was just pointing out that it appears he self identifies as white (or as you said, checked the white box instead of black) and he is from the suburbs, so that theory didn't hold water for me. If young white men are not expected to have the same fear of police, if JW self-identifies as "white", would he be expected to be less fearful of police than if he self-identifies as "black"? His father is also former LE, so I'd think he would have a different perception of police. Having said that, the mayor of NYC said he has had to have "the talk" with his biracial son, because he (the father) knows it can be a dangerous world for young black men.
BTW, I think "the box" is stupid. I understand why it's there sometimes, but skin color is an extremely narrow, superficial and inaccurate way to define someone. JMO