Driving While Black

[allenlondon]

Danny Rose tells of years of being stopped for driving a car, travelling 1st Class on a train, etc.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/03/tottenham-danny-rose-tired-of-police-stopping-him-to-ask-if-car-is-stolen

And there are ABers who claim racism is dead.

[allenlondon]

Exactly! And these overpaid footballers come over here complaining. Makes you sick, don’t it.

[Togo]

Yehhh.... he complains non stop, for 90 minutes, to the ref every game as well. Professional moaner that one.

[Baldric]

A person of colour with a chip on his shoulder, how unusual.

[New Judge]

Back in the day when I was young I had a very nice scooter. Something like this:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/671880838131410434/

Only better!

Lots of my mates had similar machines. We were always getting stopped. I doubt a week went by without most of us being pulled somewhere or other. It was no bother. Always had my documents with me. Thing was, lots of scooters got nicked. They had very little in the way of security - just a key to undo the steering lock (which you could break by forcing the handlebars anyway) and the same lock also completed the ignition circuit (which you could bypass with a piece of wire and two crocodile clips). The police used to intercept lots of stolen bikes and in a way we didn't mind being stopped. But we were stopped because we were young, wearing parkas and all the garb and were likely suspects. I loved my SX200 - until some bar steward nicked it!

Bit unfortunate that lots of black blokes get stopped. Most are not drug dealers but they fit the profile. I wasn't a thief, but unfortunately I fitted the profile too.

[Tilly2]

I'm biting my tongue here.

[tonyav]

Nice scooter, NJ. I had a SX 200 to, Blue and White a 1968 F reg.

[douglas9401]

Well there's a turn-up for the books, somebody on Answerbank owning up to being a mod. :-)

[alavahalf]

8-)

[Togo]

// I loved my SX200 - until some bar steward nicked it!//

Were you in Brighton in 64? If so guilty m'lud. :))

[Togo]

P.S. It got me all the way back to Burslem but it ended up in the canal on the shortcut along Longport tow path.

[Old_Geezer]

Need not be racism as such. Maybe the incidences of black lads stealing cars is sufficiently more common than other groups it simply makes sense to check such suspicious occasions. In which case the answer would be to make an effort to reduce such crime by the group.

[New Judge]

//Were you in Brighton in 64? If so guilty m'lud. :))//

I was far too young !!!!

[Mozz71]

//Well there's a turn-up for the books, somebody on Answerbank owning up to being a mod. :-)//

If anything other than this gets BA, then it's a travesty of justice.

[Zacs-Master]

I can’t recall any ABer saying racism is dead. Can you find a couple of examples, Allen?

[Unsureme]

Agree with Baldric @19.45.