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In reply to the discussion: I could have been Trayvon Martin. [View all]quakerboy
(13,917 posts)34. Some time back I had a coworker
Good man, I learned a lot from him that has become fundamental to who I have become as a person.
Before that, I had been stopped by police only three times in my life. 2 for exceeding the speed limit, once when I had just started driving and had my brights on passing through a residential area.
When he was driving, we got stopped every couple weeks. The next year, when I was driving, we never got stopped once.
He also noted he got turned loose with a "keep on going" a lot quicker when I was in the car with him than when he was on his own.
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I live in a suburban area that is very white and I watch the cops pull African Americans over
proud2BlibKansan
Mar 2012
#13
The funny thing is, that when I was younger, I felt safer IN DETROIT than I did in the suburbs
MrScorpio
Mar 2012
#14
My kid is white, so I realize that he isn't judged because of that, but he's 18 years old, loves
all american girl
Mar 2012
#6
I knew a lot of African-American men who wished they could own guns legally to take back their ...
ieoeja
Mar 2012
#40
And this hoodie issue: It was raining when Trayvon was walking home for the store
MrScorpio
Mar 2012
#16
Was Trayvon Martin a wealthy business owner who the state could use in a privitazation scheme?
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2012
#43
Exactly. I am amazed at the people that keep accentuating that this happened in "The South"
Number23
Mar 2012
#30
People have long been naive about the police and they way they treat minorities
HipChick
Mar 2012
#36
Mr. Scorpio, one day working with a black guy in the seventies, and we were taking our lunch break.
freshwest
Mar 2012
#38