Earlier this year, I was walking back home from the grocery store when suddenly I was stopped by police because I “Fit the description” of a armed robbery suspect. Now unless that armed robber was a 5'4" 200 pound woman whose hands were full of Harris Teeter grocery bags, I seriously doubt it.
Further more, I saw the police car that stopped me as I got off the bus. I know they saw me get off the buss because we made eye contact. You can imagine my surprise when they came zooming after me a block down, jumping out of their cars and ordering me to stop with their guns drawn.
I was detained for over an hour as more police came, illegally searched me and my belongings, and called a drug sniffing dog. They were just searching for a reason to justify their illegal actions. Thankfully, that time I was physicallly unharmed. But now when I go out anywhere, I’m constantly looking over my shoulder. Shuddering every time a police car goes by because I’m afraid of “fitting the description” again.
Unfortunately, this has happened to my dad at a festival 😓 He “fit the description,” of a purse-snatcher. Even after he calmly showed the police officer his camera bag, the cops were still on him and tried to catch him off-guard while me, my mom and my sister were checking out the wares people were selling. Thankfully, they caught the actual guy before my dad was caught in a scene.
