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In reply to the discussion: Oh Fuck. This is what it's like being a black man in America. [View all]Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Has NEVER happened when Im at the wheel.
In the 22 years my husband and I have been together:
He is the better driver, and follows the speed limit, and road rules (complete stop/signaling lane change) much closer than I do.
He has been stopped for traffic violations 5 times without me. 3 times with me while hes been driving.
Ive been stopped for traffic violations 1 time without him with me, and 2 times when hes been riding with me.
Since its second hand info, I wont discuss the 5 times without me, BUT all 3 times with me as a passenger, the officer was abrupt, obviously apprehensive, and had his hand at the ready similar to the photo. 2 of those three times the officer asked for and searched our vehicle.
The one speeding ticket I got without him with me in 22 years, the officer was pleasant, friendly, hand nowhere near his holster. The 2 times I was stopped with my husband riding passenger, still no hand on the holster, but one of those 2 times the officer was obviously more interested in who was riding with me than with doing his damn job and just giving me the fn ticket.
Same thing at the airports. I have NEVER been pulled aside on a random check. My husband gets random checked around 1 out of every three times we fly on average, and almost every single time weve flown internationally returning to the US.
Take a guess what my skin color is, and what my husbands skin color is.
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