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gollygee

(22,336 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 05:43 PM Apr 2015

Chris Rock takes a selfie after cops pull him over - 3rd time in less than 7 weeks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/01/chris-rock-cops-pulled-over_n_6984720.html

Rock posted the photo to his social media accounts early Tuesday, writing: "Stopped by the cops again wish me luck." In the shot, the comedian can be seen behind the wheel of a car with blue police lights shining through his rear window.

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The 50-year-old has tackled the issue of police relations in bits like "How To Not Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police" and in his stand-up.

"You keep notes. You look for the recurring," he told Vulture in December about how he crafts his stand-up routines. "What’s not going away? Boy, this police-brutality thing -- it seems to be lingering. What’s going to happen here? You don’t even have the joke, you just say, 'Okay, what’s the new angle that makes me not sound like a preacher?' Forget being a comedian, just act like a reporter. What’s the question that hasn’t been asked? How come white kids don’t get shot? Have you ever watched television and seen some white kid get shot by accident?"
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Chris Rock takes a selfie after cops pull him over - 3rd time in less than 7 weeks (Original Post) gollygee Apr 2015 OP
DWB Rex Apr 2015 #1
I've said it before: Chris Rock - so-so comedian; brilliant social commentator. Aristus Apr 2015 #2
Every day I thank dog for my White Privilege. MindPilot Apr 2015 #3
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
1. DWB
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 06:00 PM
Apr 2015

I wish they would have picked him up for the Daily Show. The producers probably don't have the guts.

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
3. Every day I thank dog for my White Privilege.
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 07:40 PM
Apr 2015

I'm 60. I can count on one hand the number of times in my entire life I've been pulled over. All but one of those was the result of an actual traffic violation I had committed. Only once did have any thought at all that the situation might escalate beyond a little paperwork, and that one ended with with no ticket and the cop saying "you are so nervous; you must not get pulled over very often. Have a nice evening, sir". (In that situation it was late at night and the cop thought I was going to be his DUI for the night, and he was a little upset at first that I wasn't. He completely ignored the fact I was pushing 90 mph)


Yeah..things are seriously fucked up and really need to change.

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