by a white civilian's threat to call the police for dot, dot, dot while black. and the bar just gets lower. irrespective of setting authority, or perhaps most disheartening, age. because last week there was the incident we all heard about in san francisco where a white woman threatened to call the authorities on an 8-year-old black girl selling water without a permit. the horror. permit patty, as she was dubbed by social media, was dragged so thoroughly that she resigned this week from her position as the ceo of, get this, a company that sells cannabis treats for dogs. and while we're talking about empathy gaps, on the same week that we were expected to cry for