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In reply to the discussion: Black man righteously shames white cop who pulls him over [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)You say pulling a gun for a stop for a signal isn't warranted. Except life isn't that simple.
If he was pulled over and as the officer approached he had his hands clearly on the wheel with his overhead light on giving the officer no reason to have suspicions or be wary, it wouldn't be justified.
If he was pulled over and was moving a round, grabbing things in the car, moving stuff around (like setting a camera up) and in the dark all the officer can see is him reaching around and grabbing things suspiciously and making furtive movements that could be grabbing a weapon then approaching with a gun drawn is 100% reasonable.
You don't know what of the above was the case, it could be one of the other or anything in between, and you are making your accusations of racial profiling against the officer based on absolutely no evidence at all, other than your assumptions and biases. But we do know at some point he did place a camera up on the dash perfectly aimed to catch him and the officer and that he was behaving very irrationally, so it's not unreasonable to think he may have made movements that made the officer raise his defensive posture as he approached. You don't know enough to say and you damm sure don't know enough to be accusing the officer of being a racist.