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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 20, 2016 23:12:49 GMT
This has never happened to me before. I was driving 40km/h in a 40 zone. I was the only vehicle for 300 m so we will say 300 yards. I got pulled over for wearing a black coat. The officer (who was nice) said "Oh I noticed you were wearing a black coat". I drive a small, silver SUV and I guess they were targeting someone driving something similar. This doesn't happen in that part of town. He looked at my face, saw that I didn't have my face or head covered and told me to have a nice day.
I have no alcohol in the car, no drugs, I could be arrested for having the most clothing in the car, but so far I have managed to escape that one. It was weird, though. I am really rattled. There were a lot of police on this area today which is unusual. I thought they were doing a radar trap, but I was going the speed limit so they must looking for someone.
Yeah, that freaked me out!
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Post by disneypal on Jan 20, 2016 23:16:31 GMT
Sorry you got so shaken by the experience. It sounds like they are looking for someone in particular - perhaps in a car like yours and last seen wearing a black coat. At least you were let go and all was okay.
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Post by Blind Squirrel on Jan 20, 2016 23:17:00 GMT
Being pulled over is always disconcerting!
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Post by fkawitchypea on Jan 20, 2016 23:22:18 GMT
Sounds like they were looking for someone who matched the description of your vehicle and dress. I admit to receiving 2 tickets over the last 10 years and each time I was pulled over the officer could not have been more polite and professional. But I have never been pulled over for anything not my fault....speeding, using my cell phone way back in the day before blue tooth in my car. I think that would leave me unsettled as well!
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Post by basketdiva on Jan 20, 2016 23:44:19 GMT
"I drive a small, silver SUV and I guess they were targeting someone driving something similar. This doesn't happen in that part of town. He looked at my face, saw that I didn't have my face or head covered and told me to have a nice day." Seems like you are jumping to conclussions here and assuming the officer is guilty of racial profiling. People in that part of town don't get stopped by the police??? Is it not likely that he really did stop you becuase of a description he was given by his dispatcher- silver car, driver wearing a black jacket?  |
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Post by hop2 on Jan 20, 2016 23:53:26 GMT
It is really disconcerting when being pulled over. And yes they have always been very professional.
I was once pulled over back when I was dating DHand I dropped him off at his parents house at midnight. The cop just decided to 'check on an unknown car' talk about frazzled I was totally freaked out. I was very scared and wpuldnt open the window because there had been police impersonators at the time. So I had to sit there until another officer came ( pre cel phones ) freaking out like id be attacked at any time. Longest 10 minutes of my life.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 20, 2016 23:53:49 GMT
People here don't get stopped unless they are speeding or they are doing road checks or seatbelt checkes. It's not a normal thing here. If your headlight is out they won't stop you.
I think the black jacket was what he was looking at. He said Oh you are wearing a black jacket.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 20, 2016 23:56:39 GMT
This is the first time I have *ever* been pulled over except at holiday time when the police are looking for drunk driving. I have never ever been pulled over. I have never had a ticket, no points on my license nothing. I think it was the car and the jacket.
I should also say there were 3 officers with him at the time. There was one using the radar gun, the guy beside him talking and the third pulling people over. I wasn't afraid because I hadn't done anything. It just freaked me out!
Someone I know (not a friend) just got pulled over for wearing a black niqab (full face covering) driving a new Jaguar in front of the mosque.
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Post by hop2 on Jan 21, 2016 0:13:19 GMT
So now how long do you look at other people in similar cars with black jackets and wonder if that's who they were looking for? And what they did?
Scary
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 21, 2016 0:25:24 GMT
I showed him I was wearing a pink blouse, too. He is welcome to search my car until he is blue in the face. There is nothing good in it. (Well the black boots in the back are broken in and very comfortable) but that's it!
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Post by marimoose on Jan 21, 2016 0:40:00 GMT
I so relate to this. Lasy tear I was pulled over just outside a mall I left and I knew I did nothing wrong. Teh officers were polite but I knew it wasn't a normal stop as one began shining his flashlight in my back windows( they are tinted)during the daylight and there was an officer on each side of the car. It was unnerving even though I knew I did nothing wrong. My teen daughter was freaking out in the back and I had my 6'3" son in the front and they kept looking at him. I asked what I had done wrong and one officer said I crossed a solid white line as I was getting in the turn lane - I know I didn't but i was polite. He asked where we had come from and what i had in my car. Why would he need ot know that if this was a traffic stop. I offeerd to open up my doors and he could search my car. I also tyold him we had just left JCPenney and then he asked if I had exited a sporting goods store. No, I just told you i left JCP. Now he tells me he is letting me go with a warning. Again I remain polite, thinking of course you are letting me go. I know he was trying to do his job and my best guess is someone stole something and the suspect was a tall white male but were they goign to stop every car. Very unsettling. Yes, I understand what you were feeling Delta Dawn |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 21, 2016 1:25:42 GMT
There was another police car in the parking lot of a big grocery store. The car was facing the street instead of being near the store. (Think a big lot here). They were targeting someone I am sure. I drive a totally typical SUV for my area. Even the make and year there are tons on the road. The store could have been held up or something. There is no bank in that lot but there is one across the street. There is also an expensive computer store. It was just weird. I was shaken but it was weird and disconcerting. marimoose I would have been really shaken if my son was in the car. We got road checked for alcohol many times. I don't drink so they are welcome to have me blow a breathalizer any time they like. (I want to see what I would blow on any given day just to see what a Zero measures). I used to work with the police and the insurance corporation to stop people from drunk driving. OH I DID GET STOPPED ONE NIGHT! I forgot. There was a drug bust going down in my friend's neighbourhood. The police asked me where I had been and where I was going. I said I am going to my most hated street in town (traffic) and home and he asked me if I would like an escort there just to be safe. I said no, but it was nice he offered. He told me which route he wanted me to take (which was the most direct route) and I drove home. I thought that was weird. That was at least 20 years ago or maybe more. |
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Post by flute4peace on Jan 21, 2016 4:38:27 GMT
"I drive a small, silver SUV and I guess they were targeting someone driving something similar. This doesn't happen in that part of town. He looked at my face, saw that I didn't have my face or head covered and told me to have a nice day." Seems like you are jumping to conclussions here and assuming the officer is guilty of racial profiling. People in that part of town don't get stopped by the police??? Is it not likely that he really did stop you becuase of a description he was given by his dispatcher- silver car, driver wearing a black jacket? I didn't read it that way at all. It was pretty obvious to me that they were looking for someone specific, with the description being a similar vehicle and black jacket, maybe with a ski mask or hoodie up. If there were more officers that usual in the area, my guess is it was a roadblock to look for the suspect in a crime. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 21, 2016 4:40:54 GMT
This is a "nice" part of town. There are expensive houses, lots of doctors' offices, if you are a society person you live in an ancient house with a beautiful garden out front in that part of town. They were targeting someone I am sure.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jan 21, 2016 10:59:16 GMT
I'm glad they let you go and everything was okay. That would have freaked me out.
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Post by Rainbow on Jan 21, 2016 12:03:29 GMT
"I drive a small, silver SUV and I guess they were targeting someone driving something similar. This doesn't happen in that part of town. He looked at my face, saw that I didn't have my face or head covered and told me to have a nice day." Seems like you are jumping to conclussions here and assuming the officer is guilty of racial profiling. People in that part of town don't get stopped by the police??? Is it not likely that he really did stop you becuase of a description he was given by his dispatcher- silver car, driver wearing a black jacket? |
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Post by basketdiva on Jan 21, 2016 14:50:06 GMT
Rainbow- I stand corrected. I should not have used the word "racial" but I still say she was assuming the officer was "profiling" It would also seem to be that the officer could have seen any headcovering before stopping her so not necessarily targeting.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jan 21, 2016 15:38:35 GMT
What does having/not having your face and head covered up mean? How does that matter?
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Post by sweetpea4utoo on Jan 21, 2016 16:01:15 GMT
I work for the police. My Officers have made a stop thinking the driver wasn't wearing their seatbelt, then they discover it blended in with the operator's clothes, and cleared the stop, no action required. Is it the law to wear a seatbelt where you are?
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Post by flute4peace on Jan 21, 2016 16:41:14 GMT
Rainbow- I stand corrected. I should not have used the word "racial" but I still say she was assuming the officer was "profiling" It would also seem to be that the officer could have seen any headcovering before stopping her so not necessarily targeting. ETA: I just re-read what I wrote below and realized it sounded rude. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out that way personally against either you or Elannah. I was just speaking to the general assumption that it was racial profiling.
Well, if the suspect description was a person in a black coat/jacket (perhaps with a ski mask or hoodie over the head, or maybe even a different type of headcovering), driving a similar-style silver car, then yea I guess they were "profiling" - for vehicles/occupants that match the description of the suspect. Standard police protocol.
There's so much talk about racial profiling and the like right now, I think sometimes we forget that most of the police are truly just doing their jobs. Not all of them are bad cops. The vast majority of them are good guys, we just don't hear about them because they're not making headlines.
I would chalk it up to "I hope they find who they're looking for, and hopefully no one was hurt".
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 21, 2016 16:47:21 GMT
This is a "nice" part of town. There are expensive houses, lots of doctors' offices, if you are a society person you live in an ancient house with a beautiful garden out front in that part of town. They were targeting someone I am sure. thongs happen in "nice" parts of town too |
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Post by basketdiva on Jan 21, 2016 16:55:05 GMT
Rainbow- not offended in the least!  |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jan 21, 2016 17:07:36 GMT
This is a "nice" part of town. There are expensive houses, lots of doctors' offices, if you are a society person you live in an ancient house with a beautiful garden out front in that part of town. They were targeting someone I am sure. thongs happen in "nice" parts of town too  - I do like that typo.
My guess is, like someone else suggested, they suspected you weren't wearing a seatbelt because it blended in with your black coat.
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 21, 2016 17:25:15 GMT
thongs happen in "nice" parts of town too - I do like that typo.
My guess is, like someone else suggested, they suspected you weren't wearing a seatbelt because it blended in with your black coat.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jan 21, 2016 17:36:28 GMT
- I do like that typo.
My guess is, like someone else suggested, they suspected you weren't wearing a seatbelt because it blended in with your black coat.
I'm leaving it. It gives the thread a new flavor. And, really, where's the lie? |
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Post by gar on Jan 21, 2016 18:02:32 GMT
This is a "nice" part of town. There are expensive houses, lots of doctors' offices, if you are a society person you live in an ancient house with a beautiful garden out front in that part of town. They were targeting someone I am sure. thongs happen in "nice" parts of town too Perfect |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 21, 2016 18:27:37 GMT
What does having/not having your face and head covered up mean? How does that matter? They are profiling Muslims right now. A woman I know who wears the black thing on her face (called a niqab) got stopped the other night for wearing something that looked like a ski mask and was driving an expensive car. I had so little on my face yesterday (I didn't even have make up on and my hair was wild). They weren't looking for a race or anything. Just a black jacket I guess/? |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 21, 2016 18:29:51 GMT
This is a "nice" part of town. There are expensive houses, lots of doctors' offices, if you are a society person you live in an ancient house with a beautiful garden out front in that part of town. They were targeting someone I am sure. thongs happen in "nice" parts of town too Nicer thongs get worn in that part of town for sure. You know the kind they sell at say Nordstrom and not Field's. I have "heard" there is a lot of drug traffic in that area due to proximity to the water. I mean the whole place is surrounded by water, but there are lots of places that deals can happen. (Dark, secluded, "safe", etc.) |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 21, 2016 18:34:33 GMT
getting stopped is disconcerting, especially when you're pretty sure you didn't do anything to warrant a stop.
Many years ago I got pulled over and was (internally) freaking out, because I wasn't doing ANYthing out of the ordinary... when I rolled the window down, the officer said something to the effect of "I see you're wearing your seatbelt, and just wanted to say 'thank you' for that" and that was it. I think it was not long after the seatbelt law went into effect, so it was a positive marketing campaign, I guess, but man! talk about heart-stopping!!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jan 21, 2016 18:40:31 GMT
(I also needed a coat. I wasn't hot! It was a warm coat, too! I know that is irrelevant to the story but be happy for me I needed to wear a coat again!!!)
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- I do like that typo.
