You don't have to be black to be profiled in this country
POSTED BY: Wishimay
UPDATED: Friday, August 22, 2025 00:02
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the other thing to do is get your speedometer checked, maybe it's out and so he's speeding by default. do you have any speedo checks on the roads around where you live? my car is under by about 8km.
I gotta say 10 miles over the speedlimit, which is 16km here would get you a reasonably hefty fine.
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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
If he gets pulled over constantly for speeding, then maybe he should stop speeding. If he has been caught numerous times for it, he's probably in the system as a recidivist speeder.
Except this is only the third ticket.
I'd luuuuuuve to know how many tickets you all have gotten in the last five years. Bet none of you EVER go over the speed limit
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Went too fast down a hill - got a ticket ( this one I probably could have / should have fought, as cops aren't suppose to camp at the bottom of hills, I've heard, but they do it anyways )
Had a headlight out - got a ticket
Had a plate not match the vehicle - got a ticket
Ran a red light - got a ticket
Ran through a stop sign ( formerly a yield sign) - got a ticket...
All legit, none of it " profiling ", what so ever.
This was well over 8 years though.
Stop your whinin' and drive right.
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I hate to say it Wish - but I think your hubby has to be better than average - spot on perfect even - so that the police have NO excuse.
Yeah, he's getting profiled. And no, it's not fair. But given the potential for a bad outcome, I think he has to go out of his way to make up for their ass-holery.
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Except this is only the third ticket.
I'd luuuuuuve to know how many tickets you all have gotten in the last five years. Bet none of you EVER go over the speed limit
The cops are brutal on speeding here. we have speed cameras and redlight cameras, so you're gonna get stung if you do it habitually. Also you get points deducted off your license for each infringement depending on how far over you were, and an eventual suspension.
I get that it's probably about revenue collection, but habitual speeders are a menace as well, so meh.
Last speeding ticket I had was on boxing day a few years ago travelling to the family christmas. I got stung when the speed limit changed about 3 times in a kilometre on a stretch of road, and there was a camera in an unmarked car. I'm certainly careful around there these days.
sometimes the only choice you have is to change your own behaviour and habits rather than railing at the unjust world. probably worth a try.
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When I was on my P plates (probationer drivers display on their cars for a year) I was pulled over all the time. Now I can see why. Probationers need to be pulled up so they dont get cocky.
we're all judged on our appearances. If I have a swastika tatooes on my head, I gonna get a reaction so there is no use complaining. However, and this is a big however, there is a vast ocean of difference between judging someone on how they choose to present themselves and judging someone based on skin colour or ethnicity or gender.
and in all judgements, at the end of day, you should be judged on objective criteria. ie did you commit the crime? If no, then it's an issue that's worth protest, if yes, quit whining.
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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
... quit whining.
OR WHAT? You'll do WHAT???
You people have been so brainwashed to accept this crap you say nothing. Why do you think people are executing cops now?? People are sick of these ridiculous speeding tickets and sick of being harassed. $200-300 for going ten over IS unfairly punishing people who make less and is out of line with the "crime" and only encourages police departments to rip off people for personal gain, and not for crime deterrence. If we're white and feel WE get pulled over too much, imagine how black and Latinos that pulled over twice as much feel. I'm sure they don't feel they can say anything either, which is why they shoot people...
I've always thought the amounts were ridiculous, even before I had ever gotten a speeding ticket.
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If we're white and feel WE get pulled over too much, imagine how black and Latinos that pulled over twice as much feel. I'm sure they don't feel they can say anything either, which is why they shoot people...
Right. No one ever does anything wrong, it's just the mean, racist cops who want to harass the public for no damn reason, huh?
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Right. No one ever does anything wrong, it's just the mean, racist cops who want to harass the public for no damn reason, huh?
Methinks you doth protest too much, why might that be perchance?? Seems like you side with cops an awful lot.
PS. Not that it matters, but the reason he was speeding was because we only have the one car and he was trying to get home so I could drive my grandma to her eye appointment, because she's going blind and can't drive herself.
But hey, a crime is a crime, eh?
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The problem with putting people in charge or other people's behavior is that PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY CRAP, badge or no. I feel I've said this before, somehow...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3017070/Shocking-video-shows-C
anadian-sergeant-smashing-car-window-traffic-stop-dragging-driver-road.html
Yeah, having a badge makes you an angel. Automatically.
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