I Was Wrongly Arrested for Armed Bank Robbery Because I am a Tall, Black Man

[Uben]

13. I understand that....

...and I didn't mean to imply profiling doesn't exist. It was more to just show we are all vulnerable to false arrests and imprisonment because of poor law enforcement tactics. It was less than five minutes after the clerk had called it in that he was pulled over and arrested. Wrong clothes, no money, no description, only the clerk's seeing him leave the lot was the only tie to the robbery.

Back in those days in small town Texas, long-hairs were profiled. We were pulled over sometimes days in a row! I had been pulled over, for no reason, more than once on the same day! It was just something we had to live with because no amount of complaints did any good. I have never been arrested, no criminal record at all, short of two speeding tickets and a seat belt violation.