[cj]

Such a negative attitude is incredibly counterproductive.

You want police to have a positive presence in the community. Innocent engagement with a banana car helps with that, doesn't hurt.

[ssl-3]

That sounds nice.

Over here in reality, when a man with a badge and a gun pulls people over for a bit of fun: Refusing to play along with whatever game it is that they have in mind is a criminal offense.

[ceejayoz]

> You want police to have a positive presence in the community.

Can they not pull up alongside and wave? Give a thumbs-up? Roll down the window?

[BoorishBears]

If being a positive presence in the community isn't enough incentive to be that, you don't deserve to be police.

And if that sounds hackneyed and like a ridiculous standard, you're damn right it is: we let them have outsized influence in our existence as otherwise free people. Their standard has to be a double standard.

[cj]

There's a lot of anger towards police coming through in your comments. It's just a banana car.

[ceejayoz]

It's a banana car that has been pulled over illegally hundreds of times.

[BoorishBears]

Yeah I'm a Black immigrant with a funny name, I have a lot of anger about what we tolerate of police vs what we should.

Are you under the impression all cops are known for is harassing banana cars?

[cj]

It’s a cop’s job to pull over cars on the road that likely aren’t street legal.

If I saw a banana driving down the road, it’s reasonable to assume it isn’t street legal.

It also can’t be harassment when the driver of said banana is quoted in the article how he laughs when it happens.

Manipulating the narrative out of misplaced anger is not accomplishing anything.

It’s a freaking banana!