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What Do You Think???
My daughter called me today, upset because she had been pulled over by local law enforcement. The reason she was upset was that she thinks she was the victim of racial discrimination, or either a type of racial profiling.
My daughter is caucasion. She was driving home after work, giving two of her friends a ride to their home. Her friends are African American. The officer was also African American.
My children have been taught since they were toddlers, that you don't judge a person based on skin color, that you look at the heart. I think this was probably her first experience with racism of any kind.....Anyhow..
As she was driving, the officer drove past her, did a u-turn, and came flying up behind her with lights and sirens. She said she pulled over and he got out of his car, yelling, "Driver, get out of the car".
She unfastened her seatbelt and got out of the car and asked why he had stopped her. His response was, you weren't wearing your seatbelt. She said she was and he insisted that she wasn't. Well, anyway, he got all her info. and gave her a warning.
After this, he then asked for her friends ID's, when they gave him their ID's, he got on his radio and did a check on them. He didn't call in and check my daughter's.
What do you think? Was this a type of profiling, a form of racism, bad policing, or do you think he was just doing his job?
Sinatra
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