You see a white dude smoking a joint so you wink at them and move on.
You see a black dude in a car so you put your hand on your holster, immediately your training tells you that you should sense the smell of weed, you approach aggressively make multiple conflicting demands in rapid succession, draw your weapon etc etc.
Later that day you see a white dude smoking a joint so you wink at them and move on.
It’s like they’re reciting a script when they talk about “your eyes are glassy and red” during DUI stops in bodycam videos on YouTube. Because they are reciting a script.
Kinda like the sheriff that pulled me over for unknown reasons who smelled pot in my car (literally never articulated a reason, though context clues suggest they were investigating a stolen and abandoned vehicle). I was borrowing my dad’s vehicle while mine was in the shop. No pot ever entered that car.
My dude, cops never gave a damn about pot. It was always a pretextual reason to screw with people.
That’s basically what OP said isn’t it?
You see a white dude smoking a joint so you wink at them and move on.
You see a black dude in a car so you put your hand on your holster, immediately your training tells you that you should sense the smell of weed, you approach aggressively make multiple conflicting demands in rapid succession, draw your weapon etc etc.
Later that day you see a white dude smoking a joint so you wink at them and move on.
It’s like they’re reciting a script when they talk about “your eyes are glassy and red” during DUI stops in bodycam videos on YouTube. Because they are reciting a script.
Kinda like the sheriff that pulled me over for unknown reasons who smelled pot in my car (literally never articulated a reason, though context clues suggest they were investigating a stolen and abandoned vehicle). I was borrowing my dad’s vehicle while mine was in the shop. No pot ever entered that car.
But he definitely smelled it. /s