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As someone who grew up in the NW suburbs of MPLS, here& #39;s a recount of my interaction with the police as a white male-passing person 
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1. when I was 16, I was driving my red Monte Carlo 60 miles per hour in a 30mph zone. I got pulled over (obviously) and was really worried about getting a ticket or suspension. When asked for my license, I set my Eagle Scout ID on my leg; the cop noticed.
1 (cont). He was an Eagle Scout too, notice the ID, we chatted about it and he let me go with a warning. Going 30 mph over in a residential street.
2. In highschool, there were many many parties where a mess of (predominately) white kids, myself included, would be drinking, making noise violations, etc. A few times the cops were called on us; aside from one incident, no one was charged and we were all given warnings.
3. When I was 17, I was sitting in a friends car at 2am outside my mother& #39;s house blasting & #39;Sunbather& #39; by Deafheaven which had just come out. A cop was driving down the street and decided we looked suspicious; he flipped on his lights, came up to the door of the truck.
3 (cont). He asked to see my ID, and since it had the address of the house we were sitting in front of, he left.
I& #39;ve had many other encounters with police in the NW suburbs and the common thread I see are those warnings. In every one of those situations, never once did I fear for my life. This is the physical manifestation of privilege in the NW suburbs & the US in general.
People of color don& #39;t get let off with warnings from police. They get antagonized, harassed, imprisoned, and murdered. If a POC found themselves in any of the situations I described in this thread, the outcomes would look vastly different. #JusticeForDuanteWright #blm
If you& #39;re white and grew up in the NW suburbs, please reply to this thread with your experiences. The contrast of our experiences compared to our Black & Brown neighbors should be exposed. @_swintle @bennukisuit @r_schuerman @colinhortman @cblakebakes
