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tblue37

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29. His tail light was not out this time, but that was the excuse the cop gave for

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:11 PM

Jul 2016

pulling him over. Obviously he was profiled and pulled over just for DWB.

But since any interaction with the cops can go bad at any time, and especially since for even the most innocent black person it is many times more likely that the interaction will lead to a brutal beating, a slew of unjustified charges, jail, a police record,[font color = "red"][font size = "+1"]*[/font][/font] ever-increasing fines, penalties, and court charges--quite possibly death--every unjustified pull-over of a profiled black person by a cop is like playing Russian roulette with that person's life!
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[font color = "red"][font size = "+1"]*[/font][/font]Notice that whenever a cop murders an innocent POC, the PD and the complicit media rush to point out that the victim "had a record," but that record is often just a consequence of having spent so many years being harassed and profiled and then slammed with charges and forced to plea deal to avoid long prison terms.

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the astonishing scale of traffic stops which Castile had been subject to, 31 stops [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 OP

No wonder she was recording this malaise Jul 2016 #1

Depends Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #17

No. MisterFred Jul 2016 #28

If your liscense is expired it will come up on their computer Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #41

Question: How would an Officer know he was driving without a license ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #40

liscense plate scanner Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #42

Why would the Officer scan the license ... Do you think they scan all licenses or even at random? .. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #44

Some departments scan every liscense plate Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #49

About 70% Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #50

IIRC Dylan Roof was nabbed by one of these plate scanners citood Jul 2016 #53

In a picture of dystopian equality, some departments have automatic scanners at stoplights Recursion Jul 2016 #61

What do you think cops are doing when they sit at the side of the road? Corporate666 Jul 2016 #62

Oh, it has a lot to do with black or white Recursion Jul 2016 #65

expired and suspended are two very different things Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #66

My license was actually *revoked*, but I told him it was "expired", and showed him my passport Recursion Jul 2016 #71

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #84

If we want change, we need to address this: lostnfound Jul 2016 #63

She started the recording after he was shot, because he was shot. nt tblue37 Jul 2016 #32

Oddly, the 31 times he was pulled over include parking violations. Igel Jul 2016 #59

It's crazy malaise Jul 2016 #60

But he was driving metroins Jul 2016 #2

But why was he pulled over? Sanity Claws Jul 2016 #3

I don't agree metroins Jul 2016 #5

But it turns out that his light was not broken and not out. It was just a fake excuse for tblue37 Jul 2016 #31

fuckin wow, I've never read that... so the fuckin cop... fuckin wow... man died due to a lie uponit7771 Jul 2016 #45

As Tom Jones was wont to sing, "It's not unusual. . . ." tblue37 Jul 2016 #51

I'm guessing it depends on where you live SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #6

It's a reason to get pulled over bigwillq Jul 2016 #7

Except the light wasn't out. nt JTFrog Jul 2016 #68

One of the last time I had a dead tailight whistler162 Jul 2016 #27

I live in Minneapolis proper and I have never, NEVER seen anyone pulled over for a broken tail light geardaddy Jul 2016 #9

does FH have its own police force? maxsolomon Jul 2016 #12

Yes, FH has their own PD. If you read that MPD covered FH, it was crappy reporting. geardaddy Jul 2016 #13

okey doke maxsolomon Jul 2016 #14

Agreed. I don't trust suburban cops. geardaddy Jul 2016 #16

Stop this nonsense! StoneCarver Jul 2016 #23

My mistake. I went to the st Paul campus and I thought I saw cop cars with Falcon Heights on the sid geardaddy Jul 2016 #38

Could you clarify what you mean by "POC bs"? etherealtruth Jul 2016 #39

+1 geardaddy Jul 2016 #52

Falcon Heights contracts with St. Anthony for police coverage. Thor_MN Jul 2016 #55

Saint Anthony PD actually polices Falcon Heights. Scruffy1 Jul 2016 #82

White privilege is nice SusanLarson Jul 2016 #34

But here is an all too common scenario: tblue37 Jul 2016 #35

I'm in double digits bigwillq Jul 2016 #4

This imo explains why she was so calm and rational - this was repeated abuse by cops. Rex Jul 2016 #8

Not only that, but passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #19

I don't know, that is a good question. Did he get shot once in the arm or four times? Rex Jul 2016 #20

Yeah, glad I was never a Mom passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #22

She did lose it, and her little girl tried to comfort her. It was heartbreaking. vanlassie Jul 2016 #33

I am in my mid-40s and I have been pulled over one time. gollygee Jul 2016 #10

Do you drive metroins Jul 2016 #24

I've driving with a broken tail light without being pulled over. gollygee Jul 2016 #25

I'm pretty sure metroins Jul 2016 #26

I am quite sure that they can discern NO driver information from license plates etherealtruth Jul 2016 #72

You're wrong. metroins Jul 2016 #73

Again, you are quite incorrect about driver information etherealtruth Jul 2016 #74

Again, not true metroins Jul 2016 #75

My gosh .... i can't believe you are sticking with this .... etherealtruth Jul 2016 #77

Question: How would a police officer know ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #43

I think its pretty obvious (as implied by the poster) .... etherealtruth Jul 2016 #78

As has been pointed out, the broken light was a lie. nt JTFrog Jul 2016 #70

wow, you are lucky. I have been pulled over for fake reasons many times. Vattel Jul 2016 #83

cops from the northern suburbs bordering the city of Minneapolis are notoriously racist geek tragedy Jul 2016 #11

Just to clear Falcon Heights is a suburb of St. Paul geardaddy Jul 2016 #15

yes, correct. for some reason got it mixed up with Columbia Heights nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #18

Understandable geardaddy Jul 2016 #37

we live in a upper middle class white area...my wife had this old beat up minivan.... dembotoz Jul 2016 #21

Cops followed me for five minutes for driving while poor once. MisterFred Jul 2016 #30

His tail light was not out this time, but that was the excuse the cop gave for tblue37 Jul 2016 #29

So here's where that's at. Igel Jul 2016 #64

I'm white they don't even ask for my license gwheezie Jul 2016 #36

It also helps that its not suspended Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #48

Specious position seeing they don't know its suspended till they pull him over. The REASONS he's... uponit7771 Jul 2016 #54

I used to live in kcmo gwheezie Jul 2016 #57

I was pulled over 23 times in the KC Metro area, one time the cop said my rims "look nice". It was.. uponit7771 Jul 2016 #46

DWB is very real IL Lib Jul 2016 #56

The Air freshener pull over happened to me, and also to a friend. We are both white. bigwillq Jul 2016 #58

Have you ever been stopped for having a licensed applied for sticker in the window of a new car? IL Lib Jul 2016 #81

The Daily Mail is a right-wing British tabloid oberliner Jul 2016 #67

I witnessed an intoxicated driver being pulled over... HipChick Jul 2016 #69

Blue lives matter claims puffy socks Jul 2016 #76

Ironically I was stopped last night gwheezie Jul 2016 #79

WCCO (CBS Minnesota) Reports Castile was stopped 52 times neeksgeek Jul 2016 #80