Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
There would be no point in complaining to the press as they would not have the slightest interest because it would not make a sensational headline, unless you were an A list "celebrity" of course. It seems to me a common theme in these "I was stopped by the police" videos is how the situation quickly escalates due to the reaction of the car occupants. The police are only human. The last time I was stopped by the police I had no idea what I had done wrong but I certainly didn't get arsey, refuse to open the window to speak to the officer, shout/scream obscenities or try to drive off at high speed. If I had been awkward and refused to cooperate I would have probably been booked; instead the policeman went on to quietly ask me did I realise that I had no tax disc on the windscreen. To my shock he was right - there was no tax disc. It was one of those stick-on disc holders which had come unstuck in the heat and dropped down into the footwell! I reattached it and was waved on my way with a suggestion that maybe I should get a better disc holder.

Did I get off lightly because I was white or because of my attitude?
How do you know that these people got arsey ?

The woman , in the back seat appeared scared out of her wits and wasnt going to hand over her three month old baby to police officers who were trying to handcuff her

No wonder she was shouting and screaming

Did the police think she had a bomb in the back seat or something ?

So you think that if a white person is stopped by the police and treated badly it isnt reported but if a black person is stopped by the police it is either witnessed and makes the headlines or the black person immediately goes to the papers or the television ?