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In reply to the discussion: If you are white, did your parents give you "the talk" about how to behave around police? [View all]HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)Not that he would be shot but that he could be harassed and bullied by the police. Reason? My mother had a beautiful brand new (1964) Cadillac and he, at the age of 16 or so, occasionally drove it. At that time, police liked to screw with what they thought might be "rich kids" and driving a nice new Cadillac was like waving a flag at a bull. And my parents were right. One time, when he was pulled over, the police called Mother asking if she had given her permission for him to drive her car. He had done nothing wrong -- just being a teenaged boy in a new car was enough to warrant a stop.
Of course, being a teenaged boy, he had to toy with the police. He was driving Mother's car, a friend of his was with him, and they both scrunched down in the seat so from the outside it looked like a 10 year-old was driving the car. My brother was over 6 feet at the time. The police didn't pull them over, but someone else called the police. Mother got a visit in person, asking if she knew where her car was and who might be driving it. Yup, he caught shit for that stunt.
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