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19. Never even hard of him until now...

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:31 PM

Apr 2012

(I had assumed he was some sports figure until I Googled his name).

Sounds like he was the one that fucked up.

The window tint I couldn't care less. The illegal left turn from the right-hand lane... that's a major asshole move (I see it all too often).

That's the kind of stunt that causes road rage incidents.

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Tyler Perry Pulled Over, Accuses White Cops of Racial Profiling via Facebook [View all] cali Apr 2012 OP

So by his own admission, he broke the law. Indydem Apr 2012 #1

How did he break the law with that turn? I don't see him admitting that. TIA uponit7771 Apr 2012 #3

the article cites the Georgia law which makes it clear cali Apr 2012 #7

He would've been ticketed then and that would've been it uponit7771 Apr 2012 #17

Appears that he did a very dumb and potentially dangerous thing tularetom Apr 2012 #2

No, ...that's not what the article says... uponit7771 Apr 2012 #4

uh, again the article makes it CRYSTAL clear he broke the law. cali Apr 2012 #8

Was he given a ticket BEFORE the other cop rolled up?! No. Was this a matter of a ticket? uponit7771 Apr 2012 #18

So he makes an illegal turn Meiko Apr 2012 #5

The Illegal Turn Nullifies The Profiling Charge, IMO Fastcars Apr 2012 #6

If the turn was illegal he SHOULD have gotten a ticket!!! It wasn't, they let him go uponit7771 Apr 2012 #9

That's some specious reasoning you've got going on there. Edweird Apr 2012 #28

This was racial profiling. Because cali you're looking at it in one angle. vaberella Apr 2012 #10

That too...the fact they never gave him a ticket is another. They didn't know what his name was uponit7771 Apr 2012 #11

sorry, but I just don't agree, Here's why: cali Apr 2012 #12

I don't know what story people are reading but he reacted just like I was taught, no beligierante uponit7771 Apr 2012 #15

How did he react to the cop? vaberella Apr 2012 #21

The Reuters article doesn't link to his FB DevonRex Apr 2012 #13

I do like the part in the story slampoet Apr 2012 #14

LOFL!!! He's been on 60 mins and many numerous awards and lives in ATL...this is too funny uponit7771 Apr 2012 #16

There are many famous people I might not recognize pokerfan Apr 2012 #36

It is funny. i didn't say it Mattered. slampoet Apr 2012 #42

Obviously he was not a "Star Trek" fan Generic Brad Apr 2012 #44

Never even hard of him until now... -..__... Apr 2012 #19

NOT giving him a ticket IS indication of racial profiling! Along with the treatment after the stop.. uponit7771 Apr 2012 #20

you're confusing racial profiling with the power of wealth and fame. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #45

Really? aspieextrodinare Apr 2012 #22

Welcome to DU! I like your name. Brickbat Apr 2012 #24

Thanks aspieextrodinare Apr 2012 #26

Rich guy gets treated like shit until someone figures out he's rich. Brickbat Apr 2012 #23

I have to disagree, I've been involved in this kind of crap and even in this case Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #29

What you describe implies that when your friend was driving, he didn't make any stupid traffic moves Brickbat Apr 2012 #31

Absolutely determined to miss the point, aren't you? Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #38

Perry said the windows were tinted aspieextrodinare Apr 2012 #39

Tyler Perry could have avoided breaking the law by not turning left from a right-hand lane. Brickbat Apr 2012 #41

So the answer is "yes". n/t Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #43

Is your point that racial profiling exists? I totally agree. Brickbat Apr 2012 #46

Tyler Perry is an idiot. That's not racial profiling. Solomon Apr 2012 #25

Yea aspieextrodinare Apr 2012 #27

Tyler Perry is no favorite of mine, however, cr8tvlde Apr 2012 #30

Ummm... he was in Atlanta aspieextrodinare Apr 2012 #32

Yes, of course, but the correlation is the same cr8tvlde Apr 2012 #37

DWB... HipChick Apr 2012 #33

If the windows were tinted like he says aspieextrodinare Apr 2012 #34

Depends on the degree of tint... HipChick Apr 2012 #40

I think he needs to get another security detail, the one he has now is petronius Apr 2012 #35