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Calista241

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25. I'm white and I remember having the police conversation with my parents.

Reply to napkinz (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 10:32 AM

Apr 2015

It went something like this:

1. Pull over immediately.
2. Cops will catch you if you run. And even if you get away, you will certainly have been identified.
3. Turn off the car (and the radio).
4. Turn on the interior lights.
5. Be respectful.
6. Dont admit any guilt to anything, ever.
7. If the handcuffs come out, or if they take you to the station, ask for a lawyer immediately.
8. Cops have the power to fuck up your life forever, so don't provoke them.
9. You want to be the person they forget about as soon as they drive away.

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White Privilege: No Explaining Needed; You'll Understand In Just 35 Seconds (Video) [View all] napkinz Apr 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #1

Surviving a Police Encounter Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #2

might help if you posted a few excerpts napkinz Apr 2015 #3

it was just this Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #5

thank you for sharing nt napkinz Apr 2015 #7

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #4

A sad KnR. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #6

a sad truth that so many refuse to recognize napkinz Apr 2015 #8

... napkinz Apr 2015 #9

That killer cop Slager cwydro Apr 2015 #10

well, he has Geraldo in his corner: "Geraldo: Dashcam Video Should Clear S.C. Cop Of Murder Charge" napkinz Apr 2015 #11

Geraldo is such a pompous gasbag... TeeYiYi Apr 2015 #14

Geraldo's "malignant narcissism" napkinz Apr 2015 #16

That has been almost got our troops killed in Iraq. Fuck him. Rex Apr 2015 #31

from The Onion napkinz Apr 2015 #32

National flood of guns legal and illegal is why ErikJ Apr 2015 #12

the NRA back in 1934 ... napkinz Apr 2015 #15

The NRA has been taken over by right-wing propagandists with one B Calm Apr 2015 #22

"getting republicans elected anyway they can" napkinz Apr 2015 #29

$38 mill over 8 years pales in comparison to dues aikoaiko Apr 2015 #35

This thread is absolutely... 3catwoman3 Apr 2015 #13

the ordeal that African-American families have to live with conveyed in the video napkinz Apr 2015 #17

That's two different scenarios, isn't it? aikoaiko Apr 2015 #18

the video portrays the ACTUAL kind of conversation that most African-American parents have napkinz Apr 2015 #19

Do you have data on whether or not white parents talk to their teens about interacting with police? aikoaiko Apr 2015 #20

what I've written is based on several pieces I've read over the years napkinz Apr 2015 #23

My info is anecdotal too aikoaiko Apr 2015 #26

if this kind of discussion were had throughout the country, more would come to understand ... napkinz Apr 2015 #28

I'm sure we never had "the talk" in my family gollygee Apr 2015 #21

"Maybe this is a generational thing? We should do a poll. I might set one up" napkinz Apr 2015 #27

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Apr 2015 #24

I'm white and I remember having the police conversation with my parents. Calista241 Apr 2015 #25

Do you think white parents who do give those instructions napkinz Apr 2015 #30

I don't know Calista241 Apr 2015 #34

+1 FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #33

for more information about this video ... napkinz Apr 2015 #36