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GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:02 PM Jul 2016

"Why don't you just comply when the Police pull you over?"

My daughter shared a friend's Facebook post. This gentleman once worked in the State Attorney General's office. The first few paragraphs are below:

<I started driving 16 years ago. In that time, I've gotten 5 tickets. I've been pulled over more than 30 times. In the summer of 2001, I worked at a restaurant. That summer, Police pulled me over so many times that I actually built it into my commute so I wouldn't be late for work. I made sure to wear my uniform. I made sure to wear my name tag. I even got pulled over by the same cops a couple times. I'd even switch between two different routes. That would normally buy me a couple days.

I've been verbally abused by cops. I've been asked ridiculous and confusing questions. I've been pulled out of cars. I've been sat on the curb and I've been held for way too long. I've had so much shit happen that sometimes I remember things that I forgot. To be fair, I've had cops pull me over for speeding and let me go - but that doesn't mean I shouldn't feel some type of way about an officer pulling his gun on me at 19. Mind you, I've never once resisted arrest or refused to comply, but this stuff still happened to me.

I base my opinion of law enforcement on personal experience, so I refuse to acknowledge your skepticism. The spooky stories, doctored images, and shady journalism you consume to fuel your denial may make you feel better, but it doesn't erase these things from my experience. What you've heard doesn't invalidate what I've experienced.>

Read the rest at the link: https://www.facebook.com/RobJComedy/posts/10103509497520939?pnref=story

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"Why don't you just comply when the Police pull you over?" (Original Post) GreenEyedLefty Jul 2016 OP
another man following orders. puffy socks Jul 2016 #1
I think the real racism, the systemic kind comes into play, rusty quoin Jul 2016 #2
That simple n/t malaise Jul 2016 #6
From PINAC comments: tblue37 Jul 2016 #3
Dash cameras are safeinOhio Jul 2016 #4
My friend from Russia tells me they all have them there... yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #5
 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
2. I think the real racism, the systemic kind comes into play,
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:20 PM
Jul 2016

when so many testimonials are out there, no matter how much proof is obvious in the videos, that so much of the white population cannot believe there is a huge problem. They are incapable of believing black people, who live through this shit daily, might be right.

That is fixed, there is nothing to learn, no need to listen, because their white experience makes it so.

That is systemic racism.

tblue37

(65,556 posts)
3. From PINAC comments:
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:01 AM
Jul 2016

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At 2:30, he asks the constable if maybe the man he keeps arresting on these ludicrous charges might be a "colored gentleman" (those are words used in the video, not mine). And then the constable insists he has never noticed whether he is.

At 1:06 he mentions one he considers especially stupid: "looking at me in a funny way." But in 2013 a 14-year-old black kid was taken down and choked by cops while carrying his puppy on a beach because the cop felt the teen was giving him "dehumanizing stares":

"Florida Cops Choke Black Teen Holding Puppy Over 'Dehumanizing Stares'"
http://gawker.com/florida-cops-choke-black-teen-holding-puppy-over-dehum-510491930


yuiyoshida

(41,874 posts)
5. My friend from Russia tells me they all have them there...
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 06:19 AM
Jul 2016

and you can guess there has been some extra ordinary recordings, (Posted on Youtube) and many other countries have them as well. It certainly would be a good idea for Americans to have them in their car, as well.

Everyone remembers this, I am sure...

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