Source: Black GOP Senator Talks About Being Pulled Over By Police 7 Times In One Year
WASHINGTON ― In the course of one year as an elected official, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was pulled over seven times by law enforcement. Another time, a Capitol Police officer demanded that Scott show him his ID because the special pin on Scott’s suit jacket ― a pin assigned to United States senators ― evidently wasn’t enough.
Scott shared these stories and more Wednesday evening during a roughly 18-minute speech on the Senate floor. He is the only black senator in the Republican conference, and one of just two in the upper chamber.
Huffington Post via Black GOP Senator Talks About Being Pulled Over By Police 7 Times In One Year — olddogthoughts
The Most Revolutionary Act 
And this is the first time that he is speaking out on this? What kept this Uncle Tom’s mouth taped shut until now?
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I think it’s some kind of PR stunt to remind us that some black people (2?) are Republicans. Can you imagine the audacity of cops pulling over a Republican?
One of the worst cases we dealt with in Seattle (short of the murders that is) was when the Seattle police pulled over an African American member of the Seattle City Council (technically his boss) and made him drop his trousers.
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