I participate on another forum, has a couple of black guys and a handful of liberals who rant about Trump on a regular basis.
And I was talking about how profiling is an effective way of policing, and if you want the police to stop profiling you then you need to change the statistics.
So they respond about how its unfair that someone like Lebron James has to have "the talk" with his kids about police. And I respond that I had the same talk, and when a cop pulls me over I keep both hands on the steering wheel, if its at night I turn the dome light on in my car and I have my drivers license out, visible and ready to hand over to them. Now I understand not all people will do this, but my position is when you are pulled over by a cop, you are in a no leverage situation - and antagonizing the guy, or worse, you get the unhinged one that is looking for a confrontation is a potentially bad moment going really bad on you.
Anyways, they said I was full of schit, that white people really don't do that and I had no credibility, until 4 other white guys chimed in and said they put their hands on the steering wheel when they get pulled over by cops too.
At the end of the day, you don't screw around with a man who has a gun, a badge and a department that will stand behind him if he shoots your ass.
Why blacks don't get this concept in this day and age, I don't understand.
White people don't do that? Ha, Bullchit. I've had the talk with my son, wife, friends....anyone that matters.
Have your license, registration and insurance card readily available. When pulled over, roll down window, turn on dome light, retrieve documents, have them in your hand, and your hands on the wheel. Don't go reaching anywhere without first advising him and asking him "that's in my glove box, can I retrieve it" type of thing.
Best place to argue with LE is in the court room. Once his mind is made up to cite and / or arrest you, nothing you do (and especially not fighting and resisting arrest) is going to change that. Make your case in the courtroom. Alive. Not beat to a pulp (or dead) on the side of a road.
