Last night as I was driving home from work on the freeway, a police car came out from behind me, swerved around me, and continued on its way. Since it was going pretty fast, I sped up too. Eventually I settled in the left lane and he was two lanes to the right, and we were both going around 80. Suddenly, he started to slow down. Not wanting to go faster than him, I slowed down too. He slowed to 75, 70, 65, and even past 65, but I stayed at around 65, since I didn't want to go below the speed limit. The police car pulled up beside me, and the officer inside turned on his spotlight, shone it directly in my face, stared at me for a second or two, then sped off.

Perhaps it's just me being cynical, but if I were, say, a black man, would he have pulled me over? What exactly was he looking for? I have a friend who lives in Mississippi and he told me a story once about a time he was pulled over by the police. My friend happens to be a somewhat dark-skinned Indian man. When the policeman walked up to his car, he said, "Oh, I should have figured that it was one of you people." Now I'm sure that there are many, many good policemen (and women) in the world, but in my experience, it seems like they more often harrass and annoy people than protect them.

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