On each occasion the officer was courteous and let me go once he determined that I no law had been broken. On each occasion he was apologetic for any inconvenience he may have caused me. On each occasion I was in an expensive sports car in the “hood”. On each occasion it crossed my mind that I may have been racially profiled. 

I thought about calling my friend the police chief Art Baylor, but I am not yet convinced that I am being racially profiled. Art is doing such a wonderful job as the first African American Police Chief that I don’t want to bother him without being certain that some of his officers are rogue. It just seems so strange that I have been in Montgomery, Alabama since 1987 without being stopped by an officer in 23 years until I start driving an expensive sport Mercedes. You go and figure!

 In the words of my dad, “You must honor the chair whether it is sitting, walking or lying down.”