Ohio Cop Pulls Black Man Over for "Making Direct Eye Contact"

[Berty 74]

Aaah, looking at people, that truly heinous crime that's surely in all the law books . I always knew it should be outlawed. People that pick their nose in public is the real hanging offence, though.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

No, It is not normal to be pulled over and imagine that looking at the officer must have been the reason for it because it happened to someone else months or years later,

Well, considering that the officer flat out said that he pulled him over because he made and I quote "made direct eye contact and held it", end quote. That's in the video if you watched it. Or maybe I'm imagining that he said it....

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Maybe the officer thought that holding direct eye contact was something he had seen guilty criminals do before. I can't think of a time when I was driving past an officer of the law and held his or her eye. I would think keeping my eye on the road was a much safer thing to do. Then again, I don't have much experience with how criminals behave around the police.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Maybe the officer thought that holding direct eye contact was something he had seen guilty criminals do before. I can't think of a time when I was driving past an officer of the law and held his or her eye. I would think keeping my eye on the road was a much safer thing to do. Then again, I don't have much experience with how criminals behave around the police.

Not exactly. Guilty folks don't make eye contact. Typically, if you avert your eyes quickly, it means you're nervous. And something to hide.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I agree that it must have been prejudice too..

Maybe the officer thought that holding direct eye contact was something he had seen guilty criminals do before. I can't think of a time when I was driving past an officer of the law and held his or her eye. I would think keeping my eye on the road was a much safer thing to do. Then again, I don't have much experience with how criminals behave around the police.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Not exactly. Guilty folks don't make eye contact. Typically, if you avert your eyes quickly, it means you're nervous. And something to hide.

Well, thank you for clearing that up. I haven't had to do that with the police before, so I was not privy on the proper protocol.

[JohnR! 5,495]

And remember to take off your hat as you keep your head down and avoid eye contact...

Seriously, it seems these people are reading from of a Frederick Stampp book...

Well, thank you for clearing that up. I haven't had to do that with the police before, so I was not privy on the proper protocol.