I recently cut off an undercover cop getting onto the freeway. He pulled me over and approached my car. He asked for my license and registration and then asked if I had any weapons in the vehicle. I handed him my license and registration and told him I was carrying a 45. He said, ok, is it loaded? I said, yep. He said, ok, I will be right back. 3 minutes later he came back and handed me my license and registration and said he wasn't going to give me a ticket because I was upfront and honest and cooperated. And probably because I'm white.
That's happened to me.
On the other hand I watched a cop pull a gun on my mom and freak out because she had two id cards. She was a bus monitor and she had her driver license and a class b permit for training to be a bus driver. This was long before 9/11.
It scared me as a kid and had my mom worried. He just kept asking why she had two id cards. He would ask for insurance from my mom and my brother in the front seat would reach for it and the cop would point the gun at my 8 year brother and scream for him not to move or he would shoot. He would then ask for insurance again and my brother would reach and the cop would put the gun in his face.
How the hell is someone suppose to handle that?
I don't care what color you are, you get nervous when a gun is in your face.
I can see how a person can make a mistake and get shot.
It all ended when a senior officer pulled up. He ended up body slamming the original cop and taking his gun and told us to leave.
As a white guy I have been let go when I should've got a DUI. On the other hand I've had them shove guns in my face, walk up to the car with their hand on their gun. I've had them lie and file false charges.
I have had property confiscated and when the judge ordered it to be released, it was no where to be found.
Yes, I see a need for police. Andy Griffith type police, not black ops type police.