African American
In reply to the discussion: Body-cam footage confirms: Police are just plain more polite to white people [View all]golfguru
(4,987 posts)you have no idea how bad a car driver I was in my 20's.
I came from India, got a degree in engineering from Iowa U, and began working in Chicago city. Bought my first car. Having never driven a car before, and stupid me refused driving school because it cost money. So I learned driving the hard way...on the job as they say. I must have received 20 traffic tickets in my first 4 years of driving. Insurance companies refused to insure me because of so many tickets.
My point? I was stopped by 2 dozen DIFFERENT cops in city of Chicago for traffic violations. Therefore my experience with cops has some validity.
Also, note that although I acted polite with the traffic cops on road, I did go to traffic court many times when I felt the ticket was unjustified. That is the right place to confront and refute the cop's story to the judge. Fight the cop in court, not on the street.