Bradyking12
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Eh...59 in a 35, if accurate, and nothing came of it?
I mean the 'big black man' comment isn't particularly stellar but if I was Roberts I'd take the fact nothing else came of it and kind of move on. I'm pretty sure if I got out of my car after doing 59 in a 35 I'd get yelled at too.
I'm not dismissing the notion that black men are often treated differently than me. I remember getting pulled over in the 90s while blasting some Ice Cube and the cop saw me and apologized for stopping me immediately and left. Racism happens and you have your head up your ass if you think otherwise but I'm not sure this is one of those incidents.
Pretty simpleSomething doesn't smell right. If he REALLY was doing 59 in a 35, then why didn't they give him a ticket?
There are a lot of loose ends in this story. It took them 9 minutes to tell him why he was pulled over????? Possible that "59" was made up and not followed through upon because Watkins didn't have proof. If he did actually clock him at 59, then he was derelict in his duty for not issuing a speeding ticket or even a written warning.
Either way (needlessly harrassing Roberts or giving deferential treatment later because he is a football star) Officer Watkins was not doing the job the taxpayers pay him to do. He is wrong in both possible instances.
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Here you go, @Wheelman:@Bradyking12 Can you post a direct link to the article instead of the google search link. Don't need google getting anymore $$$ from us. They have enough as it is.
What a jerk that cop is for stopping someone from doing 20 MPH over the speed limit!
I feel like there is a joke somewhere here about Roberts going too fast through the wrong hole...or lane....d%#*!@t. Someone make it funny!
What a jerk that cop is for stopping someone from doing 20 MPH over the speed limit!
24 over is what he supposedly did wrong. There really doesn’t have to be an “aside from.” I was cuffed when I was younger for being that much over the limit. I didn’t play for the NFL, so I didn’t get let go.I believe it took 9 minutes to tell Roberts what the allegation would be... if he was allegedly going 24 miles over the speed limit, one might reasonably assume he would have gotten a ticket, imo that is way beyond warning parameters..
Aside from the alleged speeding not sure what Roberts did wrong here..
He probably is. And that’s another problem. Cops that are pipsqueaks and have terrible fitness need to quit being hired. If it were up to me, I’d increase the difficulty of the aptitude tests to get into the academy and have them train in MMA. Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, etc. That said, I only see it as him describe his “suspect” when he pulled him over. No different if he had said “black male.” Unfortunately, this country has gotten to the laughable point where we can no longer call a black guy black without scrutiny by spineless, white turds with sticks up their asses. The type that reflexively apologize to people when they hold the door open for someone else and that person doesn’t thank them.Maybe it's me but that office sounds like a little dweeb. ER is 6ft 235. Certainly not small but it's not like Ted Washington climbed out of the car.
...and getting out of the car? A big no-no.