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I can't speak for Black, Asian or Latin minorities as my State is the "whitest" State in the nation, but cops still have their target groups among us. Fortunately, I'm not one of them but my husband was for many years. (We're in our 40's now, but in his 20's and early 30rties, he got stopped for no reason- often) He's of Native American descent. Eastern Natives are rare due to the many diseases brought here from Europe, plus up here where I live, the French/American war where Native Americans were pawns of both sides. The point of all this is that because the uniqueness of his appearance, he was often targeted.
I got pulled over onetime for in-proper lane change. It was true, being tired and too dumb/young to realize it, changed lanes improperly. The cop, once he saw me and my blonde sleeping 4 yr. old in the car seat, looked at my hubby and yelled at him to get out of and put his hands on the car. I have no explanation for this. I was driving but they didn't ask to see my info. They were so rough with him that he had bruises. Other then that nothing came of the whole thing.
Another time, I went out with "the girls". My daughter was with her dad, and hubby was bored home alone. So he -get this- hired a taxi-driver to take him to the bars in our old 1983 Lincoln Town car. He did nothing wrong. Yet just before the bar and all alcohol sales end at 1am here in Maine, he picked up a 6 pack and climbed into the back seat. His hired driver (an actual taxi driver) started to leave but was pulled over. This is a small town and the cops knew the taxi driver, so they didn't bother with him. They made my guy get out of the car. They said he was being "belligerent" because he didn't want to get out. So they pulled him out. They again were very rough judging by the bruises. He was not charged with anything.
I wanted him to press charges, but hubby, said it'd be a waste of money. He has no criminal background BTW... Nothing, Nada. I think it pisses me off more then it does him. Why do people put up with this sort of treatmeant?
I don't blame you for not wanting to be enemies with the police. But it appears that sometimes you can't help it. :-(
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