TYT: Chris Rock: "Driving While Black" Repeat Offender

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"Stopped by the cops again wish me luck."

That's the message Chris Rock paired with a selfie on Monday, capturing what is apparently the third time in just seven weeks the comedian has been pulled over by police. It's not known why police stopped Rock during these three separate incidents, but the succinct caption alone sums up what's clearly a routine event for him as a black man in America driving what we can assume is a nice car.

Rock has long been a vocal critic of racial profiling. In a December interview with New York magazine, Rock talked candidly about the everyday racism he encounters with his family, despite being one of the most well-known and respected comedians in the country. "I mean, I almost cry every day," he told Frank Rich. "I drop my kids off and watch them in the school with all these mostly white kids, and I got to tell you, I drill them every day: Did anything happen today? Did anybody say anything? They look at me like I am crazy."

Read more here: http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2015/04/chris-rock-selfies-police%20

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) break it down on The Young Turks.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. UN ACCEPT ABLE

[glowing]

2. What type of car someone is driving has always been a "flash point" in a cops mind.

We all know red sports cars are pulled over more than any other car, even though probably all sports cars or what not are driving just as fast as the red one. Insurance companies have stats on these factors. It's even worse when the cop is looking inside the vehicle and trying to profile from afar... Talk about judging a book by its cover.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Why don't we just admit that white males make lousy cops?

[mackerel]

4. LOL - My ex-husband is latino and he used to get pulled

over all the time. It didn't matter what car he drove. Now that he is in his 50's and drives a moderate
size pick-up truck they leave him alone.

[diverdownjt]

5. My wife is white......

...and got pulled over 5 times in 3 weeks driving a black Ford Ranger,
No tickets, no reasons given. She's in uniform for work and that's usually
what they see once she's stopped and let her go.

She now has a dashboard camera......no stops.....