how black men should behave when they're pulled over by a cop

[shireen]

This video by country music singer Coffey Anderson, is aimed at black men, and contains instructions for HOW to behave when you're pulled over.

The message is, all black men are a potentially threat. Therefore, there are special rules of behavior when they get pulled over. They must always assume a cop is primed to shoot them.

Highlights on how to be a "good" black man when you're pulled over:
- car turned off
- ID on dash (WTF, who puts their ID on the dash?!!)
- both hands on steering wheel
- radio volume 0
- do not sit on wallet. (But my wallet is in my pocket, where I usually put it!)
- wallet should be at side of door, cup holder or front dash, and have ID pulled out before the cop gets there (seriously?!!)
....

It's offensive.
I feel so profoundly sad to see this.

[HipChick]

1. Highly offensive...Is there a video for how police should behave when they pull over a black person?

[Hoyt]

2. +1. The guy has a point as things are, but that needs to change quickly.

[HipChick]

9. Not really ..suggests that black people are doing something wrong..

[malaise]

14. Well said sis

Shakes head

[4139]

3. This reminds me of something really dumb I did as a young driver...

Way back Connecticut had green paper drivers licenses and I always kept a $5 bill stashed behind it.... I got pulled over one night in the dark drive into a park I was camping at and fumbled in the dark and handed the cop a $5 bill !


"GET OUT OF THE :&$3$:$ CAR!"

Eventually he laughed

[hollowdweller]

4. I think Pryor says it better

[uponit7771]

7. omfg, that was like 30 - 40 years ago !!! Happened to the iwife and I, cop said he pulled me over...

... cause I had nice wheels... wife started crying out loud... cop got red faced ... horrible date night

[TexasProgresive]

5. 15 years ago I hitched a ride from Dallas to home with a supervisor

We get in his marked company car and he throws his wallet and company ID on the dashboard. I asked why he did that. He said it was for safety. He grew up in a small east Texas town. Did I mention he is African American.

[Travis_0004]

6. I thought Chris rock already made a video

[uponit7771]

8. Not much better but at least its funny, shame is the guy in MN was doing all of that

[baldguy]

10. Because police officers should always be treated as if they're unpredicatble, dangerous animals.

Isn't that what we want in a civilized society?

sad

[BumRushDaShow]

11. PE 25 years ago (1991)

[AllTooEasy]

12. My Mom taught me the same lessons back in the 80s

Unfortunately these lessons can be the difference between life and death for Us. Now my fellow Black parents are preventing our kids from having black wallets and cellphone covers. Both of mine are light brown. I bet White parents never think about this.

[Arkansas Granny]

13. What I find offensive is that this kind of advice is considered necessary.

On MTP this morning, Chuck Todd intreviewed Homeland Security Chief Jeh Johnson and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton about the events of last week. At the end of the interview he had the following exchange with Johnson, who is black:

CHUCK TODD:

Secretary Johnson, before I let you go, I know you have a son, have you ever had the talk that many African-American fathers say they have to have with their sons?

SEC. JEH JOHNSON:

Yes, and I think I'll leave it there. Yes.

Why should black children have to learn a different way to interact with the police to insure their safety? IMO, that is what is offensive.

[MrScorpio]

15. Of course, this video is ridiculous

It's pure respectability politics, straight down the line.

Instead of the vid being shot as a serious exercise, which I'm sure was his very intention, it looks to me that he has all of the elements to shoot a parody instead.

[Rex]

16. Ugh...

[Warren DeMontague]

17. .....don't be black.

[GeorgeGist]

18. So far God of Peace has failed ...

to santify this moran.