One night I was walking home from playing basketball and a Police car pulled up to me. They asked me for my Driver's License and asked me questions like "What gang am I in?" and "Who is my probation officer?". I feel that these questions are unnecessary as I have never been in trouble with the law and I have a steady job.
2006-11-05 14:19:41 · 18 answers · asked by Jazzy Jeff 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You are correct it isn't right. It is a sad state of affairs when a citizen can not walk down the street without showing their 'papers'.
2006-11-05 15:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by tcmoosey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While I have not stoped anyone that did not match a description of a suspect we were looking for ( which may have been the case for you)
But often for example we have a car that looks weighted down in back, or that have a tail light out, or have the license plate sitting in the rear window, not on the car, of have the lock punched or pulled out of the trunk, or have a broken side window and the such. Then after we stop them, we hear the cry, they stoped me because i am black or mexician,
No I stoped them because they have a violation on thier car and was normally driving in a bad area of town or in a part of town where thier car stood out as not the normal car.
so often you have to step back and look how you were dressed, what time of day or night was it, and what type of area you are in.
2006-11-05 22:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
They do not...
No Reason ??
You are kidding...
The stereotype of young blacks involved in crime is accurate..
You may have been personally innocent as an individual ...
A stereotype does not include 100% of the set....It meerly includes a high enough number to make it a high statistical possibility...
Not all young middle eastern males are homocide bombers but you check them out before you look at the white men of the same age in airports....It is an accurate stereotype and you are foolish if you ignore it for the sake of Political Correctness..
Surely you are intellectually honest enough to know this...
2006-11-05 22:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Racism can take many venues, some subtle others not so subtle. It is also abused as a claim to distract from other issues. But if you think what happend to you is bad, what about this guy. I don't know what the circumstances were and he clearly did not comply and no one should expect the officers to take any risks but do you think this was necessary.
http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/11/shot-by-police.html
2006-11-05 22:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where have you been for the last 10 years and what you describe was the opening montage for your partner's former TV show....
Police are starting to hassle Hispanic men due to perceived gang activity and even white men due to drug dealing - police harassment is no longer a black issue where it can be applied to any race.
2006-11-05 22:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
you may feel that way because of what happened to you,but im sure they are hasseling others too and find an aggressive way of questioning, its like when they have a quota to get so many tickets issued,whether its fiction or not that it happens, if it does it should be outlawed as aggression too. i think the badge gets to some of them but not all,theres good and bad in all job fields.
2006-11-05 22:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by crazy b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well what time was it? If it was late--what do you expect?
Please, they ask the same of white people.
People of all races get their toes stepped on and the police have pc to do it.
2006-11-05 23:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry for your incidence, but some policemen over step their boundaries. You have to admit a lot of crime is perpetrated by young angry black men.
2006-11-05 23:00:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I once was pulled over in a neighborhood in the ghetto by a police officer, and was asked, if I am looking for drugs.
I think they have it out for whitey also.
2006-11-05 22:22:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Cops have the right to see if you are acting suspicious. They can ask inflamitory questions to see how you react. Nothing personal.
2006-11-05 22:22:17 · answer #10 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋