It is a hard job and I've known outstanding cops. But when I read something like this story, it's clear that a real problem exists and anyone who ignores the problem is doing the good cops a dis-service by protecting the racist and bad cops.Did white cops "target" ethnics where I was a cop?
YUP!
So did I.
BUT it was tempered with a lot of factors.
A black person in a not so nice vehicle in a upper class neighborhood IS suspicious.
Is it right?
NO!
But it IS suspicious.
Is it racism?
Well, maybe but it IS suspicious. Cops make mistakes but that is part of the job.
We are SUPPOSED to be suspicious.
We make mistakes and we get SUED.
You you make a mistake at work do you get sued and possibly charged with Federally violating
someones rights?
Black GOP Senator Talks About Being Pulled Over By Police 7 Times In One Year
In the course of one year as an elected official, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was pulled over seven times by law enforcement. Another time, a Capitol Police officer demanded that Scott show him his ID because the special pin on Scott’s suit jacket ― a pin assigned to United States senators ― evidently wasn’t enough.
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“There is a deep divide between the black community and law enforcement ― a trust gap,” Scott said. “We cannot ignore these issues. Because while so many officers do good ― and we should be very thankful in support of all those officers that do good ― some simply do not. I’ve experienced it myself.”
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But the vast majority of the times, I was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood, or some other reason just as trivial...
It’s easy to identify a U.S. senator by our pin. I recall walking into an office building just last year after being here for five years on the Capitol, and the officer looked at me, with a little attitude, and said: “The pin, I know. You, I don’t. Show me your ID.” I’ll tell you, I was thinking to myself, “Either he thinks I’m committing a crime, impersonating a member of Congress” ― or, or what? Well, I’ll tell you that later that evening I received a phone call from his supervisor apologizing for the behavior. Mr. President, that is at least the third phone call that I’ve received from a supervisor or the chief of police since I’ve been in the Senate.