In the news 2

 This week, in the news, an Or representative complained that he had been stopped by police twice over a few days and that in his lifetime he had been stopped some 40 times. This, of course, was because he was black. He did admit that in the most recent stops he was going 11 miles over the posted speed limit and the next time because he was using his phone. Why, when you are committing a crime would you jump right to racist cops when you are stopped? I don't know about the first 40 stops but it seems the last 2 were valid. He didn't even get ticket. Because he was black, a politician, a whiner? Who knows?

As a representative of a pro crime anti police state he should also be aware that the only thing cops have to do is write tickets.  That seems to be the public view anyway. When you can drive a few blocks and see 3 cops with cars pulled over you tend to think that.

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