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user-inactivated  ·  3143 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Police to pull over teens for good driving | News - Home

It wouldn't have mattered if she wasn't flaunting it like it was a lucky experience. If that's luck, I'm unlucky as fuck.

But, then, I guess I am pretty unlucky, lol.





Meriadoc  ·  3142 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm a white dude, but I've gotten so fucking good at "whiting it up" around cops. It's just... fucking disgusting how easy it is to get away with shit as a white guy. If I just put a certain affectation to my voice, it's like I can instantly hypnotize them. And then of course I'd be out with friends in my home town suburb as a teenager, high as fuck, decked out in my angsty goth clothes, and they'd pat me on the back before they do a full body search with backup cops for the goody two shoes military friend of mine because he's black, all within three minutes.

And then people just... don't see the connection between race and police interactions?

kleinbl00  ·  3143 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A ha. The "luck" portion was poorly communicated in your anecdote.

I've dated my fair share of attractive white women. The good ones assume they'll get away with bullshit in traffic. Oddly enough, the one time I got away with bullshit in traffic was while drag racing... we ripped past a cop who pulled us both over. Me, with my beard, pony tail, leather jacket and '66 Falcon figured I was fucked considering the other car was a BMW full of white chicks.

...and a dude in the back seat.

...and, according to the cops, party quantities of alcohol and marijuana.

I still think if it weren't for the dude, that would have been six points on my license.