Why are were so afraid of the cops?

[Aristus]

4. Because they think I'm one of the good guys because I'm white and drive a nice car.

That's a shitty way to go about policing.

I got pulled over for speeding once. And while I was fumbling for my proof of insurance, the cop said: "It's all right. You look like an okay guy, and you're driving a nice car (Yes, he actually said that!), so I'm going to let you off with a warning. Just drive safe, sir, and stick to the limit".

I 'look like an okay guy'; how did he come to that conclusion based on the way I look? There's no other answer than skin color.

And I think my jaw hit the floor when he said that driving a nice car was reason enough to spare me an expensive citation.

I fucking hate cops. He thought he was doing me a favor, and no doubt walked back to his cop car patting himself on the back for being such a sterling human being. I can't even begin to imagine what his first impression of me would have been if I had been black and driving a nice car. Except to say it may have been the reason he would have pulled me over, instead of the reason he let me off with a warning.