Afew weeks ago, I was pulled over by a police officer. I haven’t received a ticket for a moving violation in decades, so I couldn’t imagine why this was happening.
The policeman, a young Asian fellow, explained that I was being ticketed, not for speeding or reckless driving, but for violating a rule I’d never heard of. I expressed my displeasure to the officer for what, in my opinion, was an unnecessary traffic stop. The officer behaved normally, but despite that, a voice inside my head said,
“Hey dumbass, this is how Black people get shot by the police.”