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Travis_0004

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7. Im white and have had cops check me out for suspicious activity while reading

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 07:19 PM

Jul 2016

They said that people in tge area have been dong drungs in their car in the past so they stopped to check it out. It was a short stop and he was on his way.

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Reading while black: Canadian man stopped by police after reading a book in his car [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 OP

As easy as it it to just blame the cop in this instance zz-la Jul 2016 #1

Stupid morons called it in, the cop was obligated to check it out Warpy Jul 2016 #5

Exactly. The mountie is required to check it out, but here, obviously, the Nay Jul 2016 #8

What can one say????...nt Stuart G Jul 2016 #2

the "concerned ciTizens" again JI7 Jul 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Jul 2016 #4

Another racially biased stop by LEO, a person "reading" someone rises to the level of having to have uponit7771 Jul 2016 #6

"concerned citizens" called in to complain. niyad Jul 2016 #9

Im white and have had cops check me out for suspicious activity while reading Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #7