-if needed.
So FINALLY he was able to call me. At this point all I’d gotten was a frantic jumbled “I got pulled over and they’re searching my car text” so I had literally gotten in my car to search precents after an hour had gone by and I ain’t hear nothing else.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
He called me before I made it to Chesapeake City Jail. Dawg I was finna drive there, VA Beach, Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton…I ain’t give a FUCK. As soon as I saw that text my heart dropped. As soon as I saw that text I was terrified I wouldn’t see him alive again.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
The timing was just too damn long, ya know? He called me SOBBING. SOBBINGGGG.
He said he’d never been more terrified in his life. And this is a man whose car has been shot at before. He said he just knew when that gun’s Officer was pointed at his back he was going to die.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
He said his life started flashing before his eyes. All the things he wouldn’t be able to do. How he was never going to see any of us again.
Chile… pic.twitter.com/0Ncn17fWPy
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
And I just…I’m soooo MAD. And it’s that mad you get when you’re powerless. There was literally nothing any of us could’ve done.
That man got pulled over because an officer saw him give someone CHANGE.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
And my boyfriend is a good man. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. He will do anything for anyoneeee, even if it’s to his own detriment.
But the media wouldn’t have seen that. They would’ve seen a thug. Someone who “had to have done something” to get pulled over.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
That man works and comes home. He plays video games. He cooks Sunday breakfasts. He paints murals on my grandparents’ walls. HE GIVES TO STRANGERS.
And allllll they would’ve seen is another “worthless” black male getting what was coming.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
He finally got home around 4am. Crying, shaking, unable to sit still. He was like “I didn’t leave Georgia for this shit.”
Boyyyyyy I don’t know who told you Virginia was any better ??♀️
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
Anyway. We ALL “know” police brutality is real. Last night/this morning it got too damn real.
I have a final today. I’m going to fucking fail it. I can’t.
I cant even bring myself to care. At least my man’s not fucking dead.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
So, yeah. Shoutout to Sheriff Smith, cause who knows what would’ve happened if your somewhat competent ass wouldn’t have pulled up.
Your system and your people suck tho, so FUCK THE POLICE.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
I think I’m done. I think that’s all I got. I’m going to smoke another cigarette now.
I will never look at anyyyyy of these cops the same. And I wish a white person WOULD with me. (Some of them)be the same ones scared of all black people since they were robbed by one in 1996.
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
TUH.
And that, my twitter friends, is how my boyfriend got pulled over by the police for being a Good Samaritan.
Excuse me while I go grieve for the further loss of our innocence. pic.twitter.com/0IjTyiMzff
— Hermione Danger (@kelseybew_) April 25, 2018
People on Twitter showed their support and outrage about the situation, claiming it is an act of racism and terrorism.
Outrageous. This is terrorism.
— mamadoc (@CristinaLete) April 25, 2018
Thank you for sharing your story. THIS IS SO WRONG! Are their any lawyers out there that can help these people? There should be some repercussions for that totally inappropriate behavior. KINDNESS – something your boyfriend has & our current society needs more of.
— Sara Chirico (@chirico_sara) April 25, 2018
I was so worried reading this thread. Wonder what their story would've been if he hadn't been smart enough and brave enough to refuse reaching into his pocket? I'm glad he survived. It shouldn't be that hard.
— yarekidsindetention? (@contriteshadow) April 25, 2018
Dammit. I'm so sorry. I'm glad your boyfriend made it out of that safely.
I've got finals coming up, too. I hope you're able to focus enough to do okay. It might be worth explaining the situation and ask to wait a day. Some of my profs would be okay with that, some wouldn't.
— Aaron Pelly (@aaronpelly) April 25, 2018
I’m literally in tears ????
— Tippy (@MulattoRaw) April 25, 2018
Just read your entire thread. I’m so sorry that happened to your boo (and to you, too). It makes me SICK to my stomach. I’m glad you sat down and wrote it all out…people need to read this. Blessings.
— susie (@_let_love_rule) April 25, 2018
I am so sorry. This is terrifying and horrible and so WRONG.
— Michelle Underhill (@RecoveryBadass) April 25, 2018
I’m so sorry this happened to him (and you). I’m so glad he is ok and didn’t become another “statistic”. This whole story is so fucked up. I’m angry for you all the way from Europe.
— Francesca (@mugful_of_life) April 25, 2018