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In reply to the discussion: Black Man Was Stopped by Police for Sitting in His Car, Reading C.S. Lewis [View all]63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)29. I still do not see how a cop pulling this guy over for being black could be construed as a wellness
check."
Well who could if they accepted your premise? You take the fact he was pulled over BECAUSE he was black as a given. I don't. After all was said and done he was determined to be OK and he went on his way. Was he ordered out of his car? Did he have to sit on the curb? Handcuffed? Patted down? Car searched? Him or his car sniffed by a dog? Backups called? Put in back of police cruiser?
I think all I sit and read in my car is directions on how to fix what's causing my car to just sit there. And I have never read poetry to "blow off steam." I would be much more likely to be blasting something raucous on the sound system.
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Night Watchman
Jul 2016
OP
The fact he was reported as "suspicious black man" and that it was a wharf...
63splitwindow
Jul 2016
#11
Yeah I drive off and park somewhere and read poetry all the time. Then I leave...
63splitwindow
Jul 2016
#26
I still do not see how a cop pulling this guy over for being black could be construed as a wellness
63splitwindow
Jul 2016
#29