Wassup people….
Over my 22 years of life, I have already had about five bad experiences with cops because of being a black male. I thought I would at least make it to 25 without being harassed for DWB, but I guess they figure once you’re able to place your feet on the pedals, it’s fair game. So parents, watch your kids on them big wheels and bikes.
But I was pulled over for driving through a flashing red traffic signal going 25 miles per hour at 1:00 in the morning. There was nobody on the road but me, but the officer felt the need to make a big deal about it. Now I know when it gets late, they get bored and feel the need to make work if they have nothing to do.
But after him pulling me over and coming to the car talking to me, I knew the type of mess he was on. He questioned me about why I stopped where I did on the road when I seen his lights, why I was moving around in my car, the exact place I was coming from, etc.
After I gave him my license and insurance card, he looked over them. He then gave them back, and asked me to step out of the car. I’m asking him for what, and he says because I was moving around in my car when he pulled me over. So to make a long story short, I stepped out of the car and he patted me down, searched my car, had two officers come for backup, ticketed me for not having my seat belt on and checked my tints too make sure they weren’t too dark.
There was no reason for me to have to go through all of that over a traffic violation. My tags are clean, he smelled no alcohol or marijuana in my car, I gave him my license and insurance card, and did not cause a scene when he came to my car. So why was I patted down and violated by a car search like a criminal????
My people, things of this nature have been going on for a long time, and will probably never change. But I told that cop how out of line and wrong he was. I went and filed a complaint against that officer, and hopefully that won’t happen again in the future for myself or any other person.
Anytime we go through events like these as African-Americans, we need to make sure that we’re filing complaints against these officers. The only way they’re going to be pulled off the streets is if we take the initiative. We can’t be riding around with drugs, illegal tags, guns, warrants, etc. Lets not give them any reasons to even bother us; and if they do, lets not make things harder for ourselves by not being clean.
Signing out to my kings and queens….until next time
