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>>colinp+(OP)
Honestly, I was blind to police racism against blacks. Until I watched this video.

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This is a shocking video:

https://www.wral.com/ace-perry-pulled-over-by-sampson-county...

+ white cop pulls over black driver (North Carolina)

+ refuses to tell him why he was stopped until he shows ID

+ asks driver questions about company name on his tee-shirt

+ expresses incredulity when driver says he works at the company

+ asks driver other irrelevant personal questions.

+ tells driver he was stopped for driving UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT (doing 65 in a 70)

+ asks driver: "wouldn't you find it suspicious if someone were doing 65 in a 70?"

+ gives driver a WRITTEN WARNING for driving 65 in a 70.

+ brushes off driver's questions saying "I've got stuff to do"

+ Feb 2020

Googling about the case `"Ace Perry" Sampson` it seems no action was taken against the officer. If anyone has an "in" with the ACLU (or similar), the police dept. could use some publicity.

(Strange how some cases don't get the attention they deserve.)

(Note: in response to a now apparently deleted comment: I'm aware that some roads have minimum speed limits. I remember once seeing on a highway: max75 min40. However, 65 in a 70 is just prudence.)

>>reacts+4b
When people say "don't talk to the cops" are they referring to situations like this too? It just seems like not talking is not the way to get a favorable outcome from this circumstance.

Like it is a privilege to be able to absorb the potential ticket, that you might be able to get out of like this guy did with a warning.

It seems more likely that the cop would create pretexts to escalate the situation by not talking to them.

>>vmcept+3m
Indeed, I’m reminded of the Attorney who runs “Flex Your Rights” who once saw officers write someone a ticket and waited until after the police were done so he could talk to the person about their rights.

His encounter with those same officers a few minutes later was caught on body cam: https://youtu.be/28w6xvRj9EM

This is a guy who is arguably as “privileged” as it gets for someone pulled over by the police: highly educated white guy attorney who hadn’t done anything wrong. And he was charged with two (very minor) crimes.

It’s easy to give the advice to exercise your rights but it’s difficult in practice when the retaliation by those in authority is so clear.