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What Happened To Sandy

Driving down the road and I needed to switch lanes Whoops I forgot to put my blinker on again Cop pulls me over, and I ask him why He said failure to signal with out blinking an eye He then orders me to put my cigarette out NO! This is MY car! I shout I understand he has authority, but what about my rights? It's not even as serious as a broken tail light I have to get out of the car and I'm being arrested Head on the ground, my health neglected For a blinker and an attitude which he did not like Basically, I'm being arrested out of spite I should've been more respectful and kept my cool I get defensive around cops, if you were black you might too Recent history has show us, when they're black lives', they haven't cared So white men in uniforms make me VERY scared Pulled over for failure to signal, arrest was the furthest thought in my head But yet, I some how, still ended up dead

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