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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It depends a lot on your location on the planet.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My wife, a person who passes for pale white, refused to allow a police officer to investigate her car after a speeding ticket. I wasn't here. Her car apparently "matched a description " but they had nothing. She told me they spend another 15 minutes having her sit on the shoulder, then let her off.

I drove with my family through the south. Had two kids in the car. I'm also brown. No reason to be pulled over, but I did have plates from Ohio since it was a rental. Shitty cop said there's a lot of folks "in his parts" that smuggle drugs using rentals and kods and demanded I open the trunk. I kept saying I'm trying to visit my family, I got kids in the car. 20 minutes with a crying kid, In frustration, I relented, showed him the empty trunk.