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yellowcanine

(35,694 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 06:28 PM Mar 2020

Driving while black with air freshener.......

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/arizona-cop-fired-after-air-freshener-citation-of-black-driver/

La Paz County sheriff’s deputy Eli Max, who pulled a man over for an air freshener in Sept. 2019, has officially been fired.

Sheriff’s Captain Curt Bagby said in an email that the deputy was fired on Feb. 19 and is appealing the decision, so he can’t make any further statement at this time, The Phoenix New Times reported.

Phillip Colbert, a young 22-years-old Black man, faced off against Deputy Max and recorded the incident. It quickly went viral with over 60,000 views and outrage ensued.


I am guessing those big fuzzy dice or baby shoes are also out in Arizona if one happens to be dark complected.
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Driving while black with air freshener....... (Original Post) yellowcanine Mar 2020 OP
How about being stopped for driving 65 MPH in a 70 MPH zone? IllinoisBirdWatcher Mar 2020 #1
Between this one and the other one posted, plus ones I've seen before, Fla Dem Mar 2020 #2
That's IF the black driver survives the traffic stop. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #3
We need two things. safeinOhio Mar 2020 #4

Fla Dem

(23,590 posts)
2. Between this one and the other one posted, plus ones I've seen before,
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 06:55 PM
Mar 2020

at what point do racist cops stop harassing Black men and women. They're the ones that end up the fools and out of a job.

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