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[Shining Sunshine]

Uh, we're supposed to make eye contact with other drivers on the road.

It's communication, officer.

 

[zeemumu]

Did the officer proceed to pull out a pokeball and challenge him to a battle?

 

[bishoptl]

Smfh

Don't do that unless you want to get pulled over.

 

[Hattori]

Don't do that unless you want to get pulled over.

ok that was funny xD

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Always stick to the shadows.
Works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZzMcRYX44M

 

[Parch]

Sheesh. Follow the guy around until he finds a good reason to pull him over. Don't have a good reason then make one up.

US got some serious problems with their cops.

 

[NekoFever]

At least he didn't shoot him. Progress!

 

[Redd]

Being black and making eye contact.....I don't even. Ridiculous.

 

[Numb]

Being black and making eye contact.....I don't even. Ridiculous.

He might have confused him for Cyclops.
That's a lethal weapon right there.

 

[TheyTookOurJobs]

Sounds like it was the death stare or a Ghost Rider Penance stare.

What a bunch of bullshit.

 

[Krejlooc]

At least he didn't shoot him. Progress!

yet. he could still be following him, just waiting to fear for his life

 

[xKilltheMx]

DWB strikes again

 

[Ray Wonder]

Next someone is going to get pulled over for avoiding eye contact.

 

[JustenP88]

They might as well skip the bullshit and answer "because I fucking can" when asked why they pulled someone over.

 

[Numb]

Next someone is going to get pulled over for avoiding eye contact.

Must be hiding something deadly.

 

[Nabs]

Next someone is going to get pulled over for avoiding eye contact.

There's no way to win in this situation. I'm just going to wear sunglasses all day (and night). Shit. Even that's suspicious.

 

[Captin Quacker]

"As suspicious as 'making direct eye contact' may be to a police officer, doing the exact opposite—that is, avoiding eye contact with a police officer—could be considered equally suspicious by an officer," Pakman wrote. "In other words, both making eye contact and not making eye contact with police could, conceivably, be grounds for a traffic stop."

 

[xbhaskarx]

Taken from a reddit post about this from a few days ago:

Officers who specialize in drug interdiction are taught to look for certain "clues" that might indicate that someone is involved in criminal activity. Two of these clues, and I shit you not, are:

Holding eye contact for too long (driver or passenger), which is supposed to indicate that they are nervous.
The "straight ahead gaze" where NOBODY in the car looks at you, which indicates that they are nervous.

So don't look for too long, but also don't not look. What's the correct amount of time to make eye contact?

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Must be hiding something deadly.

Eyes can be deadly depending on race. Source: Ohio cop.

 

[Balphon]

Next someone is going to get pulled over for avoiding eye contact.

It's surely already been used as a basis for suspicion many times already. The only thing different here is the officer forgetting himself and abandoning the pretext for the stop.

 

[NastyBook]

*gross eye shit*
Yeah, this is pretty messed up.

Ugh, you said it. Usually like my reaction gifs, but this one just unsettles me.

 

[Herbs]

Well. At least it's not surprising.

 

[GK86]

So don't look for too long, but also don't not look. What's the correct amount of time to make eye contact?

1.7 seconds. Any more or less and your ass is about to threaten the officers life.

 

[Two Words]

He might have confused him for Cyclops.
That's a lethal weapon right there.

Driving in his Gordi La Forge cosplay outfit was a bad idea.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Must be hiding something deadly.

There's no way to win in this situation. I'm just going to wear sunglasses all day (and night). Shit. Even that's suspicious.

It's surely already been used as a basis for suspicion many times already. The only thing different here is the officer forgetting himself and abandoning the pretext for the stop.

The least suspicious thing I can think of is some phony glance, nod, smile thing.

 

[Numb]

1.7 seconds. Any more or less and your ass is about to threaten the officers life.

Do it in passing and in a nonthreatening manner. Make sure you are facing the officer because a side glance with just the eyes facing away means you got something going on.

What a day.

 

[Glendemonium]

It's shit like this is the reason I don't go out much. After years of listening to former cop testimonials reveal what every smart, sane person has been saying about the police.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

It's shit like this is the reason I don't go out much. After years of listening to former cop testimonials reveal what every smart, sane person has been saying about the police.

Link me some of these.

I saw the Baltimore cop on Joe Rogan but I'd like to hear more.

 

[Squalor]

Just another "bad apple."

 

[FStubbs]

Glad he survived. "He made eye contact with a white man" was grounds for lynching in the old south. -_-

 

[Superman00]

Was at the gas station filling up one time. A biker was also filling up. Cop car parked near him. The biker finished and headed out. Cop then followed him. lol, didn't look like he did anything wrong. I thought the cop was waiting to fill up, but he was just waiting for the biker.

 

[levious]

Did he forget to nod after the eye contact?

 

[GreatestHits]

Hats off to the brave police officer for not shooting him

Did he forget to nod after the eye contact?

He should watch more white TV. Might've saved him a traffic stop

 

[Squalor]

I don't like the eye contact of your avatar.

Pull over.

Also, you didn't signal one hundred feet before posting.

 

[Einchy]

Gotta have these on when you drive around from now on.

 

[Linkhero1]

.

 

[NerdEyeBlind]

UGH.

Another story that makes me thankful I was born a white male.

 

[BitStyle]

Just can't catch a break...

Don't do that unless you want to get pulled over.

lol

 

[Timedog]

So the officer uses his own judgement for what 100 ft looks like?

 

[sixteen-bit]

I didn't know dehumanizing stare was a real offense

 

[Squalor]

So the officer uses his own judgement for what 100 ft looks like?

Well, yeah. It's not as though there's a ruler on the road.

Anyway, 99'06'' definitely isn't 100', haha.

 

[RiccochetJ]

So the officer uses his own judgement for what 100 ft looks like?

If a cop wants to pull you over, you're getting pulled over. I got pulled over for running a yellow light one time, but what they really wanted to do was give me a breathalyzer. Mind you, that was in Boulder CO and they're notorious for that kind of crap.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Well. At least it's not surprising.

lol..I can't stop laughing. That's absolutely correct. Oh man.

 

[Squalor]

Damnit.

I knew I should have chosen that white person for my avatar.

 

[Captin Quacker]

straight up negro potter

 

[LostCaress]

Can't win for losing

You have two eyes, just make eye contact with one and close the other.

 

[K.Jack]

There's a good Sharingan joke out there, waiting to be plucked out of the ether.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

You have two eyes, just make eye contact with one and close the other.

Sounds like a wink... The cop'll get you on solicitation charges for sure.

 

[hoola]

I've also heard of cops pulling people over for driving with their hands in the 10:00 and 2:00 positions on the steering wheel...you know, the position you are trained to drive on. The reason was that people who drive with their hands in that position are known to be nervous about something. Prolly hiding drugs, you know?