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That was mighty white of him.Not at all an unlawful stop. I've been pulled over three times in my driving life solely for expired tags, as stated by the officer. I am a white male driving a late model luxury car. I was also lawfully armed on two of those occasions. On one stop (AZ), the officer secured my loaded firearm in his vehicle while we conducted our business. On the second lawfully armed stop (OR), the officer asked me if I was carrying as I presented my CHL with my DL. I responded in the affirmative and his words were "don't reach for it, ok?" In all three encounters, the officer was professional and respectful, as was I. Not a heated word or even a raised voice on the part of either party. My uncle just last month -- retired military, retired game warden, white as they come... pulled over in AZ solely for expired tags (he was actually legal, DMV failed to send his new tags timely). He was armed. He was not killed, harrassed, or otherwise put upon by the deputy. At the end he thanked the deputy for his service and was responded to in kind.
Never honestly understood that joke. And I guess I still don't. I've been pulled over half a dozen times. Got tickets twice, warned on the others. Been screamed at by a WSP trooper the first time I got a ticket. Had another trooper that looked all of 12 years old give me a warning about not signing my registration, and while I was thanking him for the warning he hands me a speeding ticket and smiles like Ashton Kutcher on punked. Must be a good joke to bait and switch some dumb ol citizen.
Does it matter what I was driving? How much money I make? How old I was at the time? What my gender or ethnicity is? That I don't wash my car regularly?
I support law enforcement. In many different ways, the most significant of which to me being that I pay my GD taxes. And yes, I paid my tickets too.
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