[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Do NOT start reaching for stuff as the cop walks up to the car.”

I was driving with my wife one night and was pulled over for speeding. The cop walks to the window and asks me for my lic and registration. I look over and my wife already has her arms elbow deep in the glove box rapidly shuffling papers. I thought one or both of us were going to be shot. I got off with a warning and had to explain to my wife that her eagerness to be helpful might have gotten us killed. Luckily we both white (and older).

[miss marmelstein]

I have never had any trouble with cops in this situation. Perhaps because I’m pretty unthreatening in manner and am always scrupulously polite and nice to cops when they approach. And I have been reaching across to the glove compartment for the insurance card...

The composure of this woman is remarkable.

[DiogenesLamp]

I got off with a warning and had to explain to my wife that her eagerness to be helpful might have gotten us killed. Luckily we both white (and older).

The cops jumpiness around black people is most likely the result of the fact that the 3% of the population that comprises young black males commit about 40% of all crime.

That's no excuse here, especially after the man made it clear he had a license. That alone should have reassured the officer, but for anyone contemplating getting a concealed carry license, I urge them to get one of these and show it first.

It will move the officer in the direction of giving someone the benefit of the doubt that he might not otherwise use.