It was awful but in a weird way it also made me less tolerant of bullshit. I think because of my daughter mostly. I told her the truth. I told her who hurt me. She deserved the truth and she also could sniff out bullshit a mile away. After that day I signed up for some activism training classes about rights and being…

There is nothing to be suspicious about. It was 100% intentional. The LEO knew exactly the field of view of the dash cam and didn’t want what he was going to do to be on cam.

I was so embarrassed and scared I didn’t want to but my mom was furious and she demanded to file a complaint when we went to the station to get my car released from impound and helped me write the complaint because I was so upset. Nothing came of it. They sent me a letter saying they looked into it and found no…

He simply could not fathom that this woman would dare to not follow his meaningless orders. Ordering her to put out her cigarette was just him testing how far he could assert his control over her. Unbelievable and yet so believable. What is so difficult to explain is how black people are expected to not just obey…

As someone who lives in Texas, I think it needs to be pointed out that the vast majority of drivers don't use their blinkers when changing lanes. I can't imagine why that would suddenly result in being pulled over. If it was universally applied, 80% of the state would be ticketed within a week.

THIS RIGHT HERE is why officers need de-escalation training.

Wow, so he lied about the fact that she assaulted him!

This is chilling for a lot of reasons but for me the worst was the totally uneventful stop that took place immediately prior to Sandra being pulled over (and almost made me think this was somehow the wrong video). That’s how sweet a cop can be... if he wants. Once an officer decides he’s owed more deference than he’s…

I wonder why/how they actually killed her? Because suicide my fat irish ass.

but seriously. plus she’s a fucking dynamite actress. A gem. A true gem.

Was hoping for

One time when I was outside of a Cheesecake Factory smoking a cigarette a man propositioned me thinking I was a hooker.

I had a table once whisper loudly to their children, "if you don't go to college, you'll end up waiting tables like her..." while I was prebussing their table.

Along the same lines as Becca's story about people making assumptions about educational backgrounds, I waited tables at an Italian chain restaurant that falls between Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill in terms of cost/quality the summer between college and law school. Our clientele was generally pretty decent, and as a…

And none of it is for you, potato lady!

"I don't need to justify how I earn a living any more than you do."

Me during the popcorn story

I feel like this is now an acceptable response to the more ridiculous comments on Jezebel. EXCUSE YOU, I'M A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON. I SELL MONOGRAMMED COFFEE THERMOSES.

"Well, you never know. I'm a very important person. I sell monogrammed coffee thermoses."