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Nitram

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5. I've got some better advice. Be white.

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Thu Jul 6, 2017, 09:32 AM

Jul 2017

From what I have seen, if you are black you just can't win in many cases. Reaching for your wallet when told to can get you shot, and the cop gets off scott free.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Tobin S. Jul 2017 OP

Lol. You really think we don't know to do that? Solomon Jul 2017 #1

Good advice. I will tell my young relatives this. Sometimes one runs into a totally unqualified... brush Jul 2017 #2

And you mostly deal with state police/highway patrol, who have more training IronLionZion Jul 2017 #3

Any black person putting their hand out a window at a traffic stop BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #4

That's the best bet. Nitram Jul 2017 #6

Yes, hands on steering wheel and stock-still Kind of Blue Jul 2017 #11

I've got some better advice. Be white. Nitram Jul 2017 #5

that is what is so frustrating and disgusting and disheartening ProfessorPlum Jul 2017 #7

Giving black people advice from a white perspective really isn't helpful. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #8

Unless a particular demographic that drives ten times less is pulled over ten times more often LanternWaste Jul 2017 #9

"Forget dignity. Forget what's right." Forget you. AtheistCrusader Jul 2017 #10

I'm talkiing about in the context of the traffic stop. Tobin S. Jul 2017 #12

I can see that nothing I can say will be considered helpful here, Tobin S. Jul 2017 #13