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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got pulled over, not because I was speeding but because apparently, I looked like a kid driving. The officer said I was too short to drive and needed a booster seat. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding. After the cop asked for my license, he started laughing when he saw my picture. FML
Today, I was pulled over because I looked like a possible suspect for a robbery. While searching me, the police's radio went off and the person on the other line said, "Possible suspect, 5'5", thin" - the officer stopped right then and murmured, "too short and fat" and walked back to his car. FML
Today, I pulled up to the stoplight near my house. It was dark with no traffic and the car behind me kept edging closer and closer to me. I finally got fed up with waiting and the car and ran it. In fact, it was a cop and he was trying to read my license plate because the back light was out. FML
Today, I was driving down a completely empty street when a cop pulled me over for no reason at all. When he approached my window, I began to get defensive until he informed me I was driving the wrong way down a one way street. FML
Today, I was driving home from work when I was pulled over by a cop. She asked why I was being pulled over and figuring she knew I said, "For swerving because of my alcohol problem." I had a broken tail light. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding. I tried to make a joke to ease the tension and said, "I’m just trying to keep up with the traffic!" The officer looked around at the empty road and said, "What traffic? Are you under the influence? HANDS ON THE WHEEL!" It went downhill from there. FML
Today, I got pulled over during my driving test. FML
Today, I was dancing in the passenger seat of my car with my family when a cop pulled us over. He thought I was trying to flag him down for help. I guess I'm not as good of a dancer as I thought. FML
Today, a cop pulled me over and asked if I knew why. I panicked and blurted out, "Because I just killed someone?" He just stared at me in disbelief and said, "No, because your taillight's out. Should I be concerned?" FML
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DocBastard 40
Obviously you're a ninja and your camouflage works PERFECTLY. Hey, wait...where did you go?
pinkdisco 3
...hoping you didn't get a ticket...?
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Comments (252)
Pandacupcakelove 26
Yikes! FHL as well, though! He must have been really embarrassed....
Zachthejoker 10
Is that racial profiling? Is it?
gracehi 33
I dunno... Is that a Wonka bar on your pocket? ;)
Zachthejoker 10
No but its in my pocket you dumbass
bignardz101 14
Sorry kinda funny
loloalltheway 23
DWB (driving while black) problem
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.
ManInTheMachine 20
The run-on sentence made this difficult to read, but you make a very good point.
gracehi 33
I don't think it's technically a run-on, but a veeeeery long sentence. There are some commas missing, though.
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.
gracehi 33
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.
RedPillSucks 33
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
gracehi 33
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.
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
captainburke 5
Ouch, he really should've chosen his words more carefully
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...
gracehi 33
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.
SamanthaCassieL 10
It technically is racism. It's just not intentional. There are two ways of doing [pretty much] anything; intentionally or unintentionally.
thisiswilli_fml 5
WTF? Explain to me how this is racist.
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!