Also you are aware of your face blindness, and thus might double check or ask a friend - hey, is this a 49-year-old white dude we got here, or a much younger Black dude?
I was coming home from my parents after Thanksgiving and got pulled over by a state trooper who got me and an 18-wheeler on one lasergun shot. The cost of losing a day of work, hiring a lawyer to come back to fight the thing was about five times the amount of the fine, which I could pay right then with a card.
I paid the fine. Being the end of the month, of course, had nothing to do with it.
I had my wallet with my driver's license and a couple credit cards stolen once. I managed to cancel the credit cards quickly but renewing the license was a hassle, and before it was done, my wallet showed up in my mail, sent to me by some anonymous Good Samaritan, but apparently the malefactor had used my ID to do something or other in the next county because I got pulled over and handcuffed and asked if I had been in a certain town I had never been to and would have difficulty locating on a map, on a day when I could demonstrate I had been at work-- but what if I hadn't been able to make that alibi? I was rather shaken up.
I, a white lady, was pulled over one time and I had forgotten my license and my insurance card at home (due to a purse change). The cop didn't even give me a ticket, just a warning for a cracked taillight and a stern "don't forget your license again" before he walked off. I was never in any danger of anything more than a fine for the taillight. This is one county over from Waller County, BTW, where Sandra Bland was murdered by cops.
Fuck all these fucking racist fucks. These cops might want to try the most basic police work to make sure that this man wasn't the other man who looked nothing like him.
This sounds almost like a set up for who's on first. Shane the White Brown guy or the Shane the Black Brown guy. No, we wanted Neal, not Lee. You mean Shane Brown? No, Shane Neal. Brown? Yeah. But which one, Black or White? The White guy, Neal. But I thought his name was Shane Brown, not Shane Neal. Or was it Shane White. No, you're thinking about Shane Lee.
Although I doubt Shane Lee Brown finds it humorous.
I've seen a video of two Tukwila (south Seattle) cops who stopped a Suburban, walked up to it, and the driver took off. Both cops emptied their extended clips, starting from almost point-blank range, and NEVER HIT THE SUBURBAN. Car as big as a whale with acceleration to match and they missed it 30+ times.
Police are not to be trusted. They are needed but can't be relied to be honest. People in uniform will lie and cover up when they screw up. It's hard to trust anyone you don't know. Unless you know a cop personally, I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them.
When I used to work in state government, there were at least two other guys with the same first and last names as me, but different middle initials. That made our email addresses very similar in addition to being right next to each other in the global directory. I would the get one of the other guy’s emails all the time. Including at least one time when someone sent me confidential HR info.
My point was that when even someone like me can tell them apart, the cops have no freaking excuse. The assholes. _I_ only confuse people of similar hair, age, and general coloring. (Mind, this does mean I'm liable to confusing a light skinned black person with a white one once in a great while. But as you said, I'm aware of this.)
Also you are aware of your face blindness, and thus might double check or ask a friend - hey, is this a 49-year-old white dude we got here, or a much younger Black dude?
I was coming home from my parents after Thanksgiving and got pulled over by a state trooper who got me and an 18-wheeler on one lasergun shot. The cost of losing a day of work, hiring a lawyer to come back to fight the thing was about five times the amount of the fine, which I could pay right then with a card.
I paid the fine. Being the end of the month, of course, had nothing to do with it.
...teach others to park?
I had my wallet with my driver's license and a couple credit cards stolen once. I managed to cancel the credit cards quickly but renewing the license was a hassle, and before it was done, my wallet showed up in my mail, sent to me by some anonymous Good Samaritan, but apparently the malefactor had used my ID to do something or other in the next county because I got pulled over and handcuffed and asked if I had been in a certain town I had never been to and would have difficulty locating on a map, on a day when I could demonstrate I had been at work-- but what if I hadn't been able to make that alibi? I was rather shaken up.
I thought his name was Toby? [ducks]
I, a white lady, was pulled over one time and I had forgotten my license and my insurance card at home (due to a purse change). The cop didn't even give me a ticket, just a warning for a cracked taillight and a stern "don't forget your license again" before he walked off. I was never in any danger of anything more than a fine for the taillight. This is one county over from Waller County, BTW, where Sandra Bland was murdered by cops.
Fuck all these fucking racist fucks. These cops might want to try the most basic police work to make sure that this man wasn't the other man who looked nothing like him.
This sounds almost like a set up for who's on first. Shane the White Brown guy or the Shane the Black Brown guy. No, we wanted Neal, not Lee. You mean Shane Brown? No, Shane Neal. Brown? Yeah. But which one, Black or White? The White guy, Neal. But I thought his name was Shane Brown, not Shane Neal. Or was it Shane White. No, you're thinking about Shane Lee.
Although I doubt Shane Lee Brown finds it humorous.
It was.....Kevin Spacey all along!
I've seen a video of two Tukwila (south Seattle) cops who stopped a Suburban, walked up to it, and the driver took off. Both cops emptied their extended clips, starting from almost point-blank range, and NEVER HIT THE SUBURBAN. Car as big as a whale with acceleration to match and they missed it 30+ times.
Police are not to be trusted. They are needed but can't be relied to be honest. People in uniform will lie and cover up when they screw up. It's hard to trust anyone you don't know. Unless you know a cop personally, I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them.
When I used to work in state government, there were at least two other guys with the same first and last names as me, but different middle initials. That made our email addresses very similar in addition to being right next to each other in the global directory. I would the get one of the other guy’s emails all the time. Including at least one time when someone sent me confidential HR info.
Oops.
Oh, FFS. Ta, Stephen.
I'm sure that's a huge part of it.
As long as cops arrest *someone*, they will then also get a commission .
My point was that when even someone like me can tell them apart, the cops have no freaking excuse. The assholes. _I_ only confuse people of similar hair, age, and general coloring. (Mind, this does mean I'm liable to confusing a light skinned black person with a white one once in a great while. But as you said, I'm aware of this.)
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A bark of laughter is as good as a cup o' joe, Stephen. Thank you for that!