Cherry

I get the feeling there was tension on both sides of this... Cops for just being tense for not knowing what to expect from this apparent erratic driver and Perry for not understanding why he's not recognized... But I don't think its a case of racial profiling, do you?

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isla~mama

Nope... I was pulled over for exactly the same thing once (illegal left turn). And anyone who doesn't roll down their window immediately for a police officer is asking for trouble. They shouldn't have to "tap."

Unhappy2011

He probably has the trayvon mArtin case in his mind and is acting out on that.

Attitude has everything to do with how cops treat you.
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Cherry

I hope he doesn't try to make a big deal out of this. He posted it originally to his fb page and the ATL cops are investigating based on that... it wasn't like Perry was "complaining" to the authorities, it was more like he was venting to his fan base. Perhaps he hasn't been stopped by authorities in a while and doesn't know the routine.

Runs like Dog

As a white African American I can tell you I've been dragged out of a car at gunpoint tossed face down on the macadam cuffed and had some bull push his boot on my neck.

Case of mistaken identity - they were looking for some other white dude. I guess we all look alike to those dumb hicks.

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that_girl

So much drama.

Some groups just can't get in trouble without pullin' the race card.

I was in trouble a lot when I was a teen...I never said it was because I was white. No, I was a punk. Simple as that.

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Though to be fair that time I showed up at the airport with a 3 day beard, wearing a t-shirt covered in Arabic print, clutching 4 one way tickets and giving one word answers to the TSA mall cops ended in a cup my balls grope fest was fun.

Look here's the deal, profiling exists. In fact most criminal cases are solved by circumstantial evidence which is a fancy word for profiling.

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that_girl

Thank you. I agree.

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nice777guy

Sorry - having trouble understanding this. Doesn't "sound" like a joke - unlike your Airport post.

You are a "white" African American?

Help me out here Runs. Otherwise, tell me if its just time to move along to the next post!

As 'liberal' as I am - I have no problem with racial profiling in certain situations.

Immediately after 9/11 - given that the terrorist were ALL from some type of Arab heritage - it makes NO sense that a little old white woman has just as much chance to be randomly chosen for extra security checks as a 30 year old Arab male.

Richard Jenni (RIP) - "There's two things I hate. Racial profile - and Arabs on my plane!"

nice777guy

And yes - I know - not all Arabs are bad. Not by a longshot. In fact, I have no problem with having a mosque built near ground zero.

But when the terrorists all fit a certain profile - that's who your security should target. Politically correct or not.

And I don't really hate Arabs on my planes. That was a "joke."

nice777guy

Are there no white people in Africa?

So - his African parent could be white - right?

Or - maybe he was born to two white parents from Africa, then moved to America. But that wouldn't explain his profiling story.

And am I the only person who doesn't really care much about Tyler Perry - one way or the other?

Trayvon Martin's case - yes. Tyler Perry? No.

nice777guy

And just to be extra clear - if ANYONE goes to flight school and says they don't need to learn how to land - report it immediately.

Little old white ladies included!

Or - if you are on a plane - and you see a little old white woman trying to light her shoe on fire - DON'T give her the benefit of the doubt. Tackle her immediately and ask questions later. Especially if she has an oxygen tank with her.

nice777guy

Who?

Runs like Dog

I'm a naturalized white American citizen from South Africa. I was pulled out of a car in NYS on the NYS thruway by the highway patrol in a bizarre case of mistaken identity which was quickly rectified and the apologized and let me go.

Anyone who travels on a corporate dime nowadays is going to be confronted at least some of the time by cost cutters who insist on booking your travel as cheaply as possible which will involve mutiple one way tickets. This is one of those red flags at the airport. The fact that I generally look disheveled when I fly and don't like the TSA fat drones and don't respond well to them is just another reason. Especially in late 2001 in Texas when, before they had any sort of clear rules or procedures they'd routinely almost strip search people in public. Remember the women who sued about being groped? And the underwire bra issues?

I suppose the point is, profiling exists, and you have to look at it on a case by case basis. For example my 4 year old was stopped and searched in Heathrow airport once. I'm pretty sure they're not using 4 year olds to commandeer aircraft. That was clearly an abuse of whatever authority they thought they had. But when I have a really bad day and tell squarebadge to 'F-off goatee boy' they do have some sort of reason to stop me. That's their job.

What find amazing though is that no one's noticed in traffic court that the police have super powers. I mean, how else did they determine that that Mexican guy was driving on a suspended license, at 3am in the pouring rain from 300 yards away with his licence in his wallet in his back pocket? (and there we NO other charges) That is some X-Men sh^t right there. And if it were me I'd be pretty mad about it.

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Cherry

Oh the late great Richard Jeni I love his stuff.