“We have become so politically correct in this society it is causing us to become more and more incorrect; this is costing us lives.” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“The atmosphere sets the tone for what is to take place in that space at that time. Your attitude impacts the atmosphere. How is your current attitude affecting the atmosphere and your desired outcome?” GodSpiritualCommunityExistenceAttitudeSocietySecurityStrengthSurvivalRespectAtmosphereLaw EnforcementMidnightBiasesPolice OfficersTraffic StopsCops Motivation Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“The nature of your outcome or problem in large part depends upon you. The side of the road is not the time, nor is it the place to try to prove to a law enforcement officer whether you are right or wrong. That is what the courtroom is for. This is an excellent example of what can happen when we remove the biases that affect the choices we make whenever these interactions take place. The objective for each individual when you are pulled over by an officer of the law is to - Survive the Stop!” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“We all have inherent biases. All of us. The problem occurs when police officers or community members allow those biases to affect the choices they make as they do their job or have interactions with others.” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“This is not a Black problem. It is not a white problem. It is not a police problem. It is a WE problem. We the people, for the people. It is going to take all of us being transparent in order to transform.” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Why are the police REALLY having trouble recruiting officers - especially Black officers? We have to bridge the gap between community and law enforcement.” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Is there a war on cops? Is there a war on the Black man? Who is going to call a cease fire?” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Stop reacting to the stereotypes and start responding to the individual.” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“The objective for each individual when you are pulled over by an officer of the law is to - Survive the Stop!” CommunitySocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCopsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“The police are required to enforce the law in areas where they do not live, do not eat, do not go to the barbershop. They have no interaction with the people in that community except when they are called to resolve an issue. To bridge the gap we must establish relationships with the people and communities we serve. If we don’t we will continue to have biases that grow and fester and create deadly situations.” RelationshipsSocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementBiasesPolice OfficersCommunitiesTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“It is time to have real conversations. Even in high crime areas – everybody in that area is not committing crimes. Everybody on the police force is not corrupt. Just like everybody in the hospital is not sick. Everybody in the jailhouse is not an inmate. What America and the media have to stop doing is painting the picture with such a broad stroke. We have to begin to deal with each incident and each individual as that – an individual incident. Until then, we will continue to have the needless loss of lives and unnecessary force.” SocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementPolice OfficersTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Respect has left our society in so many ways – we don’t even respect the office of the Commander in Chief as we should. The strength of any building, organization or family must include respect. As a country, as a community, as mothers and fathers – we must teach and act in a manner that recognizes without this noble profession our society would be in total chaos. Respect that. Period.” SocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementPolice OfficersTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Law enforcement is hired to enforce the law. You call them in to deal with situations you cannot deal with or do not want to deal with. When they arrive – let them do their job. You know who you called them for before they got there. Enough said.” SocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementPolice OfficersTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“A war on cops? Then the question becomes who are they warring with? Because if you look at the prison system you can tell who the Prisoners of War are. The Black Man. Words are powerful and we must stop these divisive words that tare our country further apart instead of bringing us together.” SocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementPolice OfficersCopsPrisonsTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Everybody wants to cut off the limb to to deal with the problem. You can’t just keep cutting off limbs and destroying fruit. We have to become committed enough to examine the root. The root of the problem in our community, in our country is a systematic problem. And until all who are a part of the problem admit their role in the problem, we will never have a holistic solution.” SocietySecurityRespectLaw EnforcementPolice OfficersTraffic Stops Author:Bobby F. Kimbrough, Jr.
“Driver's license, insurance and registration? Certainly officer...and I will need your name, badge number and business card.” Police OfficerNameInsuranceRegistrationBusiness CardTraffic StopsTraffic StopBadge NumberDriver S LicenseCertainly Officer Author:Steven Magee
“I feels evil myself when I sees a white cop talking smart to a colored woman, like I did the other day. A middle-aged brownskin lady had run through a red light on Lenox Avenue by accident, and this cop were glaring at her as if she had committed some kind of major crime. He was asking her what did she think the streets was for, to use for a speedway--as if twenty miles an hour were speeding. So I says to the cop, 'Would you talk that way to your mama?' "He ignored me. And as good luck would have it, he did not know I had put him in the dozens. Bu that time quite a crowd had gathered around. When he saw all them black faces, he lowered his voice, in fact shut up altogether, and just wrote that old lady a ticket, since he did not see any colored cops nearby to call to protect him.” RaceRacismPoliceAfrican AmericansBlacksRace RelationsTraffic Stops Book:The Return of Simple Source: The Return of Simple