What is racial profiling? I thought It didn’t exist!!

So i left work early to remove the tints the day after and left early again to go check them the next day to meet the 48 hour deadline! Why remove the tints before going to check you ask? I was told by a very nice man at the outlet there to remove them before coming bacause I would fail the test for sure(we are allowed only 70% tints here and without tints, I’m already at 77%) and would have to repeat the process. So undestand this:

I get a notice to check if my tints are legal. I have to them pay to remove them before I test (already makes no sense). This test cost 55$!!!! And these testing outlets close at 5pm everyday and not open on weekends. When I asked what am I suppose to do since I work?? They replied ‘ That’s your problem not ours!’ So yeah!!If i have to remove the tints before the test, why do I still have to go pay 55$?? nobody knows, ‘it’s just how it is they say’. WOW!! The nice fellow I had spoken to at the outlet asked where I got the ticket and so I told him. Guess what he said, “I bet it was officer Smith”. I dont know and dont really care a ticket is a ticket right… wrong!! I check my notice and who do I see officer Smith!!!! I was told that he’s notorious for giving tickets and 90% of people he gives tickets to are young blacks!! This is information coming from an older, around 50, white man who works at the outlet and sees this everyday!!!

This are just a few of my horror stories (cops bang on my window, follow me and park in front of my house to see if actually live there, threaten to take my car etc )since I got this car and run-ins with the police. I have NEVER EVER gotten a speeding ticket before and I have been driving for almost 10 years already. All of a sudden I’m getting murdered with speeding tickets, when I had my black 98 maxima it was parking tickets ( I managed to get 5000$ of parking tickets in ONE YEAR!!!!!).

I’m asking around and noticing  that we blacks in Quebec (Canada) are being targetted. No major drug importer is black. Granted, immigrants here do most street level work and are more seen so I understand why the label us as ‘dangerous’ BUT and ordinary citizens tell me, ‘ you are a minority here, what else do you expect’ even that garbage I can understand, I think it’s ignorant and dumb but I can understand it. What i can’t and refuse to understand is that a POLICE OFFICER can’t separate skin color from criminals!! I dont walk around saying all whites are white collar criminals or bikers or drug importers or manipulators or whatever.

Waiting for comments as this is a dangerous line I’m walking on…

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