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That doesn't explain being pulled over before they have checked her documents unless they are using a licence plate scanner to ID her beforehand. Doesn't sound
by dwd 6y ago
That doesn't explain being pulled over before they have checked her documents unless they are using a licence plate scanner to ID her beforehand. Doesn't sound likely due to the questions about whether it is her car - or those questions are therefore blatent harrassment.
I'd recommend Gladwell's last book 'Talking to Strangers' about how preconceptions and cognitive biases shape our interactions and how things can quickly derail as a result. You could put a spin on their motives that it is a prejudgement of her as a person of interest - but that then becomes an issue of individual training or a systemic failure in the whole force to not let that happen.
- ncmncm 6y agoI would never recommend a book by Gladwell, anymore, since I learned more about him. "I don't write about what's true, I write about what's interesting."
- dwd 6y agoThat is unfortunately the case for most journalism and even scholarly research. If you treat much of what he writes as anecdotal fluff pieces you won't be disappointed.
- squibbles 6y agoAn encounter with law enforcement is not necessarily a straightforward exchange of facts. If someone is under suspicion, then law enforcement personnel will ask questions or give commands to see how a suspect reacts.