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Pulled over for running a stop sign, had a shotgun in backseat (hunting) &#8220;Get home safe&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CrimingWhileWhite?src=hash\">&#35;CrimingWhileWhite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; Mrs.\u00a0Eric Berry (@Miss&#95;Facetious) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Miss_Facetious\/status\/540537185968336897\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Those police asked where I live. When I pointed behind me at my house where they had called me from they said &#8220;no, really&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alivewhileblack?src=hash\">&#35;alivewhileblack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0641 M. \u00d6mer (@KTownsVeryOwn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTownsVeryOwn\/status\/540538044294901760\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  At 13 I stole a car with my friends &amp; drove it 2wks before we got busted. Only one charged was black. [&#35;CrimingWhileWhite][&#35;CrimingWhileWhite1]<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; Cecily Kellogg (@Cecilyk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cecilyk\/status\/540299186051485697\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Walking to library. Campus security stops me and asks for ID. Several times. Claims I don\\&#8217;t &#8220;look&#8221; like a law student. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AliveWhileBlack?src=hash\">&#35;AliveWhileBlack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; GrooveSDC (@GrooveSDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrooveSDC\/status\/540531309064364032\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Age 17: I bought gas but forgot to pay; an hour later I came back and they said they told the cops two black men did it. [&#35;CrimingWhileWhite][&#35;CrimingWhileWhite1]<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; Jacob Harold (@jacobcharold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobcharold\/status\/540527645914832896\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Stopped b\/c child &#8220;did not look like he shld be w\/me&#8221;Asked to prove my light-skinned nephew was not being kidnapped [&#35;alivewhileblack][&#35;alivewhileblack2]<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; karla holloway (@ProfHolloway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfHolloway\/status\/540529405660246016\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Drug use, vandalism of govt property, running fake ID mill, theft, sale of stolen property &#8212; all before I was 20 [&#35;CrimingWhileWhite][&#35;CrimingWhileWhite1]<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timjacobwise\/status\/540345926943272960\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  was robbed at knife point in Charlotte. When the police came, told them what was taken, they asked &#8220;Why wld u have a pager&#8221; [&#35;alivewhileblack][&#35;alivewhileblack2]<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; J I \u039b (@missjia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/missjia\/status\/540525337776758784\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Party busted, ran from Indiana cop. He caught me, furious: &#8220;if you were black I\\&#8217;d-a shot you.&#8221; Cuffed, lectured, let go. [&#35;CrimingWhileWhite][&#35;CrimingWhileWhite1]<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212; Andy Cobb (@AndyCobb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyCobb\/status\/540411595474477060\">December 4, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  17 y\/o &#8211; Drove to Kroger to get mom Nyquil. Pulled over unexplained. Asked why I was in my neighborhood. 4 backup cop cars. 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