A major function of police in the US is to let black people know where they can and cannot go: universities, neighborhoods, etc.
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Within the first two months of getting a license, I was pulled over twice while driving in white neighborhoods
My best friend and I celebrated our first time w/ the freedom of one of us having a license and car
My best friend and I celebrated our first time w/ the freedom of one of us having a license and car
We didn’t know where we’d go, we were just excited to have options: maybe the skating rink?*
*in NJ skating rink = teen nightclub
*in NJ skating rink = teen nightclub
We got pulled over in an affluent white suburb and were told there had been some robberies recently
They searched my car, my bookbag
They searched my car, my bookbag
They found a large screwdriver in my backseat. I explained because I had a old ‘85 (‘89?) Buick Century, there was no lock on the trunk. I just used it as a lever to open the trunk
They told me I shouldn’t be driving with a sharp object
They searched the trunk
They told me I shouldn’t be driving with a sharp object
They searched the trunk
They interrogated us separately, and since we hadn’t decided where we were going yet, we were nervous about having a coherent story ... we owed them an explanation
They finally let us go. Instead of going out, we just went home. We learned we weren’t supppsed to be out
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