By Anonymous - 12/09/2012 07:00 - United States - Valencia

Today, I was pulled over. The cop stated that he "couldn't see" me because I had "blended in with the dark car background", and that it looked like no one was driving. I was literally pulled over for being black. FML
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DocBastard 38

Obviously you're a ninja and your camouflage works PERFECTLY. Hey, wait...where did you go?

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Pandacupcakelove 26

Yikes! FHL as well, though! He must have been really embarrassed....

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Apostle129 0

For everyone saying that the cop was racist how can he be if he couldn't see the race of the driver and there is also the chance that a child had taken their parents car for a joyride and couldnt see over the steering wheel properly hence the cop pulling the car over to check.

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ManInTheMachine 19

The run-on sentence made this difficult to read, but you make a very good point.

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gracehi 31

I don't think it's technically a run-on, but a veeeeery long sentence. There are some commas missing, though.

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vhivfe 3

For everyone saying that the cop was racist, how can he be if he couldn't see the race of the driver? There is also the chance that a child had taken their parents car for a joyride and couldn't see over the steering wheel properly, hence the cop pulling the car over to check.

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gracehi 31

It happens. When I took a photography class in high school I used to walk into my black friend all the time because I couldn't see him. I don't know why the cop thought the car had no driver, though, unless you were swerving or something, which I doubt.

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RedPillSucks 31

Being in a dark room is different. I fail to see how the cop thought a driverless car would respond to being pulled over. I think he came up with a piss poor excuse to cover up his embarrasment

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gracehi 31

I thought about that too, but maybe he wasn't sure so he pulled him over as a test, rather than abruptly pulling in front of the car to make it stop or calling for backup. We're not in the cop's head so we can only guess.

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WaSiSimiLang 8

Weird... I pictured "the departed" and the quote "a lot of them just wanna slam a ******'s head through a glass window" by reading the story and the first comment

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captainburke 5

Ouch, he really should've chosen his words more carefully

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Pandacupcakelove 26

Actually, it's not really racism, it's an honest (and really embarrassing) mistake. The cop only explained what had happened the best he could...

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gracehi 31

Okay, for all you guys assuming this cop is racist, think before you speak. Did this cop act stupidly? Maybe. But is he racist? Probably not. If he couldn't see the guy, he couldn't see him. It has nothing to do with his perceptions of black people. He clearly wasn't acting out of hatred. If you throw around accusations of racism arbitrarily, you trivialize the issue.

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SamanthaCassieL 10

It technically is racism. It's just not intentional. There are two ways of doing [pretty much] anything; intentionally or unintentionally.

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BabySparkle1 15

I don't understand how the cop is racist. First of all it was night time and op is dark skinned. Not the cops fault. He is just doing his job. You tell me if you can see a dark person in a car at night. Like every other normal person saying it could have been a child or what not. I don't see how the cop is racist and why op deserves it for being black! You people are racist!

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