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dembotoz

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10. while no experience of driving while black i do understand driving while poor

Sat Jan 14, 2017, 09:18 AM

Jan 2017

i drive rust bucket clunkers...the classic beater with a heater....
i live in a wealthy county which somehow does not manage to trickle down towards me

being an older white local resident i have fewer concerns after being pulled over cause i turn out to be more of a curiosity than the threat.....they run my plates and give me a warning to have the tail light replaced...odd thing is...it always seems to work fine when i test it and take it in to show i complied with the ticket...

that being said...there is a road that i now avoid late at night cause it increased the odds of being pulled over...just real damn happy i am not black.

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Cops violently arrest black man suspected of stealing car that turns out to be his own [View all] still_one Jan 2017 OP

Thank god the mayor had some sense after seeing the video, and the judge dismissed the case. Judi Lynn Jan 2017 #1

That they would file charges of "resisting arest" is insane. As you said, thank goodness still_one Jan 2017 #12

Oh no! Thank Goodness it ended Cha Jan 2017 #2

Ugh! Why did the cops act like the 9-1-1 caller was infallible? Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #3

The person got out of the car and had his arms up, and THEY attacked him still_one Jan 2017 #13

I know. The whole thing is ridiculous and infuriating! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #17

yay cops! KG Jan 2017 #4

But Coolest Ranger Jan 2017 #5

Shouldn't this be the easiest police work. Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #6

Yup. nt Lucky Luciano Jan 2017 #7

Ya think? brer cat Jan 2017 #11

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #14

Actually, the car owner did better, he got out of his care with his arms raised, and still_one Jan 2017 #15

This whole story makes me sick. Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #19

Lets make it illegal for cops to say safeinOhio Jan 2017 #8

How about charging them with assult, because that is what it was still_one Jan 2017 #16

I've come to the conclusion I should have become a lawyer as a second career. Vinca Jan 2017 #9

while no experience of driving while black i do understand driving while poor dembotoz Jan 2017 #10

Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2017 #18