Anatomy Of A Traffic Stop
It's 5:45 pm...You're off work and you decide to take the parkway home for your commute because traffic is on steroids today. You don't think anything about hanging that left to get on, nor do you think too much about stopping at this 7-11 in this affluent neighborhood off of said parkway, either. You hop out of your ride and go inside to get your Coca-Cola Slurpee, and you're back on the road. Only, you're not back on the road...The police cruiser that clearly observed you pulling into the 7-11 parking lot, waits for you to exit, then commences to stop you right at the exit before getting back on the road home. You have no clue what you did; You didn't run any lights, you don't have anything wrong with the vehicle's lights. You're just stuck at the wheel, waiting for this officer to get out of his vehicle and initiate this stop. For black folks though, that randomly average looking traffic stop has become one of the most fear-induc
