"I feel that if I was an older individual,was white, it wouldn't have been a problem," Wallace said. "I feel like if I was of a different sex, wasn't a black man, they would've probably thought that I was just trying to find somewhere safe to pull into."
Because it's the truth. If he were not a black man he would not have been arrested and charged with some bullshit charge.
I also don't get why a police officer that saw a car driving on a sidewalk but then lost him would pull over a similar car. What was the plan ? Ask him if he drove on the sidewalk? Even the poster up thread. You looked like a car that turned right on red or whatever. But if he lost the car....?
I got pulled over once when I was in high school. The cop told me how long he had been following me and it was probably almost a mile - not because I was waiting for a good place to pull over but because I just hadn't seen him. Apparently my tail light was out. The cop told me "tell your dad to fix this."
I also don't get why a police officer that saw a car driving on a sidewalk but then lost him would pull over a similar car. What was the plan ? Ask him if he drove on the sidewalk? Even the poster up thread. You looked like a car that turned right on red or whatever. But if he lost the car....?
I'm guessing he wanted to see if the driver seemed drunk. I don't know though.
To me it seems like the kid did the right thing short of calling 911. I don't know why they couldn't just dismiss it. I can see the officer on the scene being frustrated by the situation and not listening to reason in the moment, (yes, race and sex very likely was a factor as well), but shouldn't level heads prevail after the fact? That's the part I'm not understanding. Does it seem the officer suspects this kid was actually tossing evidence? He mentioned in the report that he couldn't tell if anything was being thrown from the car. I'm just trying to understand the mindset here.