The recent news has been dividing people and police officers more than ever. According to the news, innocent people are getting hurt by law enforcement, and it has been making a lot of people nervous about their interactions with them. With that being said, like any career path, there are good people and bad people doing the job, and one young officer has proven that not all police are bad with his latest actions.
Tim McMillan was a police officer on duty when he saw a young African American teen texting while driving. As he is required to do, he pulled the young teen over.
When he approached the car, he saw that the young boy was visibly shaken and afraid for his life. He immediately put his hands up and asked McMillan, “What do you want me to do officer?”
Knowing that he only pulled the boy over for his own safety, he quickly just told the young boy that “I [sic]just don’t want you to get hurt.”
He then continued by saying- “No, I don’t want you to text and drive. I don’t want you to get in a wreck. I want your mom to always have her baby boy. I want you to grow up and be somebody. I don’t even want to write you a ticket. Just please pay attention, and put the phone down. I just don’t want you to get hurt.”
The story quickly went viral and was shared over 140,000 times and people from all facets of life commented on this story. Proving that he’s a great person who’s capable of enforcing the law without terrorizing, he’s proven that there are good police officers who are choosing to do good and making the world better.
Read the full Facebook post here-
I pulled a car over last night for texting and driving. When I went to talk to the driver, I found a young black male, who was looking at me like he was absolutely terrified with his hands up. He said, “What do you want me to do officer?” His voice was quivering. He was genuinely scared.
I just looked at him for a moment, because what I was seeing made me sad. I said, “I just don’t want you to get hurt.”
In which he replied, with his voice still shaking, “Do you want me to get out of the car.”
I said, “No, I don’t want you to text and drive. I don’t want you to get in a wreck. I want your mom to always have her baby boy. I want you to grow up and be somebody. I don’t even want to write you a ticket. Just please pay attention, and put the phone down. I just don’t want you to get hurt.”I truly don’t even care who’s fault it is that young man was so scared to have a police officer at his window. Blame the media, blame bad cops, blame protestors, or Colin Kaepernick if you want. It doesn’t matter to me who’s to blame. I just wish somebody would fix it.
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