A black driver accused a white police officer of discrimination after he was pulled over for going five miles below the speed limit.
Anthony Perry was stopped by a deputy with the Sampson County Sheriff’s Department in North Carolina after the officer spotted him going 65mph in a 70mph zone.
The encounter left Perry so disturbed he later shared video of the traffic stop on Facebook, which shows the officer giving him a written warning.
Perry wrote: ‘I lieu of Black History Month I felt compelled to share my experience…with an officer of the Sampson County police department.’
‘While it is ever so important to celebrate and uplift our heritage and progress in America with regard to racial disparities, we must always continue to challenge racial injustice, inequalities and discrimination to show true honor to those who gave tirelessly to the cause.’
‘You’re driving 65, and you know the speed limit is 70. I’m just wondering what’s wrong. I mean, are you OK?,’ the deputy asks.
The deputy then asks Perry where he works and for the registration for his car, which was a rental.
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‘I’m just trying to understand the relation to the traffic stop…I have to identify where I’m traveling to and from during the trip out here? … I don’t understand,’ Perry said.
‘Wouldn’t you say it is kind of suspicious to travel under the speed limit and when the speed limit is 70?’ the deputy asked.
Eventually, the deputy hands Perry a written warning, then dismissed Perry, telling him, ‘I’ve got stuff to do.’
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Perry told WRAL that he believes he was targeted by the officer.
‘(His questions) seemed to not have any merit on the traffic stop. In my opinion it was a lot of my personal business. I don’t think my work history has anything to do with me driving five miles an hour below the speed limit.
The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office has since responded to the incident, writing: ‘In regards to the law regarding stopping someone under the speed limit, please keep in mind an officer only needs reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle.’
‘Should personnel action be necessary, we will take appropriate action.’
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