Cop pulls over black teen, notices he is terrified

[Buckeye_Democrat]

57. I quivered and shook during my first encounter with a cop.

I tried to stop at a red light (which went from yellow to red in an instant) at an intersection in the rain, instead of just driving through, and I slid out of control and almost hit another car. A cop saw the whole thing and flashed his lights immediately as I "righted" the car and pulled over. I had just got my license!

I was slightly shaken by the spin-out too, but I was mostly concerned that I was going to jail!

That was a silly notion, of course, but young people are often unaware of the laws and the typical punishments. My "driver's ed" was all about the rules and provided little insight into the severity of offenses and their typical repercussions.

Better education and police outreach probably wouldn't hurt.

EDIT: Like other here, I'm guessing that he shook from fear after seeing media coverage of African Americans being shot by cops, but I wanted to throw another possibility into the mix as well.