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bigmamapain t1_is7otda wrote

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I recently got pulled over riding crazy dirty (3 year expired tags, expired license), and actually had a positive experience - I even had a bag of knives in my passenger seat (coming home from a catering gig) that I disclosed. But I was in said neighborhood where the slushie thing occurred and can tell you with 1000% certainty that I was given grace because I am a middle aged white lady. I have a huge dent in my rear quarter panel from an LMPD cop speeding through a stop sign and hitting me to get as fast as he could to whatever action was happening in this neighborhood. I was chalked on my plated biker jacket for target during the protests after being shot with a rubber bullet and mouthing off for standing in defense of a photographer. I still refuse to believe they are ALL bad, but I was just being..charitable. I can tell the ones that are young and ashamed.

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GruyereRind t1_is8htts wrote

Sorry, I don't think the cop letting you go because you're white is necessarily an example of a decent cop.

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bigmamapain t1_is8nkoo wrote

That was my point.

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GruyereRind t1_is8tn02 wrote

Ah, my mistake. I've had some similar experiences driving an old car in a poor Latino neighborhood, where the cop seemed almost apologetic and let me go with no warnings or questions. It felt like there was no reason to pull me over at all unless they were hoping I was a different type of person.

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bigmamapain t1_isbcwif wrote

Yeup! I used to have an awesome hooptie, and when I was driving around Waltham Mass (huge Latino community) late at night, cops would pull up in the lane beside me, see that I was a white lady and drive on by. Crazy obvious what was going on there.

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noodleq t1_is8mgqa wrote

Just wanted to chime in here....I live in a different city and different state, and a while back I had 3 separate police contacts with literally evert possible thing about me and the vehicle being illegal. Expired plates, expired registration, no insurance, no inspection, no license, and likely more. Not once did I get a ticket. Although I am white I don't believe at all, that that was the only factor in letting me go. It may have played a small part in an instance, I can't say for certain......but I also have known black people to Also get away with similar or worse stuff, and I believe I know the reason.

City cops, especially in rougher neighborhoods, have a lot more important things to do than worry about driving violations.....things that are more "life or death", and serious felony stuff. I'm sure it's a while bunch of paperwork and time also, which seems like a waste. I used to deliver pizzas all over the city and they would see me running red lights and doing other illegal stuff and never pull me over. Now, if I ever leave the city, it's a whole other ball game, but IME, they don't care about that stuff. Maybe it's just the city I live in, I don't know.....but I suspect this isn't the only place things are like that.

Just a thought on another angle besides "white middle aged woman", which in your case, maybe did play a bigger part. I can't say.

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