D.W.B.

Hey, look, EVERY BODY's an asshole!

I remember this. This guy was pull over for DWB (driving while black). The stop was later deemed illegal.

http://www.courttv.com/archive/trials/campbell/

Yep. I was almost done watching the video when I thought of that: "Wait a minute... That guy's black! so THAT's why...."

Regardless I think he could have played it a bit cooler, even if they were being unreasonable idiots.

That's wild.

I saw this on TV. The white cop told him that his license plate was obstructed. The part that was obstructed was only the state name, not the number. This is typically obstructed by oversized license plate holders used by dealerships. A court had told the white cop in a previous case that obstruction of the state name is not illegal. The white cop also said that he pulled the guy over for changing lanes without signaling.

Personally, I think the black cop was racially profiled, but he should not have attacked the other officer. If I recall, the black cop received a two week suspension. I can't recall what the white cop received, if anything.

If the officer was really pulled over because of profiling he should have maintained his innocence by protesting it through legal channels the same way anybody else has to, not by resisting arrest and running from officers for a quarter mile.

"If the officer was really pulled over because of profiling he should have maintained his innocence by protesting it through legal channels the same way anybody else has to, not by resisting arrest and running from officers for a quarter mile."

The reason he didn't maintain his cool though is that it is an unwritten law that police officers don't ticket other cops, even for egregious violations. Like that guy who lost his job for calling 911 about the pot brownies he had made from pot taken from a suspect.

routine DWB stop in the south...

The plain clothed cop knows exactly why he was pulled over, and after the made-up moving violations are read to him he decides (poorly?) to take a stand.

That off-duty officer was acting a fool. He shouldn't have lost his temper. That won't look good in court.