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First off, the good-
1) Amber got a promotion at work after only 3 weeks!!! 2) We just signed a lease on a new apartment and should be moving in very soon.
The bad-
1) I may be sick 2) I was racially profiled this evening. To celebrate Amber's promotion we went to Cracker Barrel to celebrate. The Cracker BArrel basicly has hotels all around it, so i'm trying and find my way out to get back on the Interstate to get home. In the next lane a police car passes us... and then it turns around... and Amber goes "I think that cop car is following us." and I go "They're not following us, i'm not doing anything wrong." Then the cop turns the sirens on and pulls us over in one of the hotel parking lots.
The officer walks up to my window and says "good evening. What are you guys up to tonight?" I said "We just left Cracker Barrel." He says "What were you guys doing there? Do you work there?" I say "We were eating." His next question is "Where are you guys headed?" I say "Riverside... to our apartment. I'm trying to find a way out." Amber adds in "We don't come around here too often." then she holds up our Cracker Barrel to-go boxes and goes "see?" He then takes my ID and walks off. He comes back and gives us our directions and drives away. Which is a little fucked up. He had no reason to pull us over, and sure i'm a black man in a crappy car with a white girl in the driver's seat, but I didn't break any traffic laws or give any probable cause to warrant them to pull me over. Which is absolute crap. Then again, i've seen it done to people in my family before, so it doesn't surprise me. It was only a matter of time before it happened to me.
When I told my mom all she did was laugh and go "you were profiled!"
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