This shouldn't be an extraordinary story. This type thing happens everyday in all walks of life on both ends of race.
I strongly suspect the officer called in the tags before approaching the driver, then asked him for ID, as he should for any stop, for a driver of any race.
He therefore knew the car was registered to the driver and had no reason to ask him if it was stolen.
A very large percentage of cops who are murdered in the line of duty die in routine traffic stops.
Nice article!! Of course, it shouldn’t be extraordinary, because blacks can drive expensive cars.
Pants up, or down? Just curious
Excellent reporting of positive news. Hello media?
who she noted didn’t ask Joseph if the Mercedes was stolen but instead ‘got on his knees to replace his tire.”
...she just had to throw that in.
This path to prosperity is open to so many young blacks in America. Untapped potential, due to lack of families and lack of role models. What they need to do is hit the books, not the tackling dummies. It is very frustrating to watch.
A colleg classmate of mine in Chicago back in the ‘80s told me about the time when her dad, who was a cop, questioned a man who was trying to get into a Porsche with a coat hanger. After a few questions, and a showing of ID, her dad apoligized to Mr. Walter Payton, who locked his keys in the car.
This was a dig against the officer. No cop asks if it is stolen normally since he has already run the plates.
That's the point.
It isn't about color, it is about culture.
Dr. Nada Owusu is a pediatrician in Danville, VA and the author of “The Unfading Beauty of the God-fearing Woman” and “Misdiagnosed: Restored by Rhythms of Grace”.
She is a passionate woman of faith whose heart’s desire is to walk in the fullness of the Spirit, reflecting the beauty and character of God and to teach others to do likewise.
Nada and her husband, Dr. Victor Owusu-Yaw are founder’s of Samaritan Medical Missions and she also serves on several non-profit organizations and institutions.
Her most cherished title is mother to three adorable children, Andrew, Joseph, and Krystal.
Immigrant. So her son was probably respectful towards the cops. Only native Blacks have these problems. Immigrant Blacks run circles around them, and don't whine about racism. I know Blacks from Nigeria and Trinidad who came to my town 20 years ago and now are among its biggest employers. They someone did it despite White Privilege.
I see that the story is in the Daily Mail. There does not look like the story has been covered here.
I stop all the time to help out my black brothers all the time. The media would have you believe all white people are closet KKK’ers
We have to get this from the British press because it won’t fit the agenda of the cop hating American media.
Her assumption that most white cops would assume the car was stolen is a microaggression against white people. /s
Like he’s going to ask the driver if the car is stolen. Duh, yeah, i stole the car. The cop already ran the plate and knew it wasn’t reported stolen. Microagression! It is racist for that woman to assume a cop would ask that.
Non-story re black/white thing.
Well-to-do Doctor mother with well-raised son, contrasting with the ‘other’ demographic in VA (not noted in the story, of course).
Go to link and get details.
My, how nice of her to just assume a white trooper is going to presume her Mercedes is stolen simply because of the color of her skin. O.o
Maybe because it has nothing to do with skin color, but the way you present yourself? If you dress and act like a thug, is it unreasonable to wonder if an expensive car is really yours?
This young man looks, you know, normal.
“This type thing happens everyday in all walks of life on both ends of race.”
Thanks for a post that has some good news. Folks are all to quick to post the bad news (claiming that it is the only news and that all people are like the posted story).