Ka’Shawn Baldwin was pulled over on Wednesday in Cahokia, Illinois, for allegedly having expired plates. He was also driving with a suspended driver’s license. The 22-year-old told CNN he had borrowed the car… Baldwin told the officer that he was on his way to a job interview and didn’t have any other way to get there.
Instead of giving a ticket, Roger Gemoules, a resource officer for Cahokia High School, gave Baldwin a ride to the interview.
Something similar happened to me once on my way to an interview, but I was walking because I’d missed my bus.
I had to walk through a tunnel, and someone called the cops (because I’m Black, I can only assume.)
The tiny, White, blonde female LEO who stopped me actually listened to me, then gave me a ride to my interview so I wouldn’t be late; she even dropped me off a block away, so I wouldn’t be seen getting out of a police vehicle. I got the job.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
You’re just a big ol’ ray of sunshine there, ain’t ya?
