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Black Youths Have Positive Conversation With Cop Who Profiled Them It’s good they were able to express their thoughts without being victims of police brutality. According to The Root: What began as an unfortunate incident of alleged police profiling in Princeton, N.J., ended with a public-forum discussion with the officer who did the profiling. According to one member of the Black Youth Project 100, or BYP100, a youth-centered black activist group, the police pulled over a car carrying members who were leaving a gathering on Princeton University’s campus on Saturday, March 8. The black officer cited a broken tail light, but upon investigation the vehicle was found to be intact. The unidentified officer let the group go after asking them where they were headed and saying that he would “beat them there,” Fresco Steez, one of the members present at the incident, told The Root. It was when the members arrived at the Nassau Hotel and actually saw the officer pulled up there waiting for them that the discussion was triggered. The group approached him, questioning the motive for his actions. The officer insisted that he wasn’t trying to criminalize the black youths and said that his feelings were hurt at the accusation. But then the officer offered the young people free parking as an apology, which got a conversation started. Kudos to the black youth for having the courage to approach the police officer. Check out the video below: If only more exchanges between black youth and one-time ended like this. Shutterstock

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A Lil Positivity: Black Youths At Princeton Have “Healthy Dialogue” With Cop Who Racially Profiled Them [Video]