I think it happens to me too often, and today I am convinced its because Im black.
I go to people's houses at my job. Today I was on a call, and I got lost. I was at light, and a cop was next to me and I considered asking him for directions so I looked over at him and he looked at me then the light changed. I didn't want to hold up traffic so I pulled off, and when I did he got behind me. At the same time I reached on the passnger side floor to get my map, and when I looked up I was getting pulled over.
Long story short. The cop searched my car for drugs and weapons (WTF?). Despite the fact that I had on a company shirt, wearing a company badge around my neck, I had a work laptop, and a stack of work orders. He said that "looked nervous" at the light and when I pulled off I looked like I was hiding something.
45 minutes out of my life I can never get back. Not the first time, prolly not the last.
Do you think he would have jumped to that conclusion if I were white?
2007-01-15
16:08:18
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