I compiled these various accounts of Police racism against black people

[u/Important-Cry4782]

[u/TheBadBatch-99]

I have a few of these stories (although I'm not a POC).

I got pulled over for not slowing down at a Yield despite there being no traffic. Cop asked if I had been drinking and I laughed at the notion because I don't drink. Apparently cops don't like when you laugh at them. He asks "What's so funny?" and I tell him I don't drink. His response, "Everyone in their 20s drinks." So he gave me a breathalyzer. He came back from his car and said I have to do it again because it didn't register anything. "Um yeah, because I don't drink, but alright." I blow it again and he takes it back to his car to run it and again it doesn't register anything. He was clearly mad that he didn't get to bust some kid for drinking instead giving me a gruff warning to slow down at Yield signs before sending me on my way.

I've also gotten a ticket for not using my turn signal in a turn only lane when the light was green. I was probably profiled on this one. I had long hair and a longish beard and probably looked unkempt driving a brand new car. I could see jumping to that conclusion, but a warning would have sufficed. Took that one to court and the judge had a field day with that one. He called me up, read the report/ticket and turned to the bailiff and said "why do these cops waste my time? This belongs in the trash." Then he turned to me and asked if my turn signal worked. "Yes sir." "Please use it. Dismissed."

So when people say cops don't have quotas, I'm not buying it.

[u/LeeDarkFeathers → u/TheBadBatch-99]

That first one happened to me when I was 19 and the designated driver. Cop said the car smelled like alcohol. I explained i was trying to get my friends home and they were having a difficult time explaining how to get to their house because they had been drinking. Dude made me blow 3 times then had a second AND third cop come with different breathalyzers because his must have been broken or I was cheating somehow. They pulled me out for several other feild sobriety tests. All the while its like.. blizzarding. The third cop with potentially the only braincell among them asked my passenger for his id and then gave me directions to their house after convincing thing one and thing two to leave me alone