DeRay McKesson
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It's like they're actively engaged in investigation as soon as they pull you over.
Which is going to... And people know that.
So it puts you on 10 because even if I didn't do anything wrong... You're nervous.
Because I'm nervous.
And then you're going to use that as an excuse to search my car.
You're going to look at it as an excuse to say I'm trying to hide something.
And you escalate the situation that doesn't need to be escalated.
And it's a waste of fucking time.
Well, this is the thing.
This is what I'm saying.
If the lights are purple instead of blue, I can relax.
I know that this isn't going any further than a traffic situation.
And if I am drunk, if I am...
you know, clearly high out of my mind, then we call police for backup.
Because it's like, yeah, this person is clearly, but then also a person who's in that role won't be power tripping like that.
This is just be, this would be like, this would be like a meter maid.
More than, it's a glorified meter maid.
They don't take those, like when people cuss them out, they're like, all right, bro.
I'm still going to write you the ticket.