After Pulling Over A Black Teen, This Police Officer Makes A Profound Statement

Sep 05, 2018 by apost team

In October 2016, Georgia police officer Tim McMillan had posted on his Facebook profile a quote from Albert Einstein. The quote encourages men to seek to be valuable to the world rather than successful for themselves. That year, officer McMillan became well-known over the internet and around the world after sharing a separate post that went viral. The post addresses an encounter with a black teen who had been texting while driving.

In the post officer McMillan wrote that he approached the car to find a young black male behind the driver’s seat. The young man appeared to be extremely afraid of the officer. He had his hands up in surrender to the officer and asked with a shaking voice, “What is it that you would like for me to do?” Noticing the level of fear emanating from the teen, officer McMillan didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he was saddened by the state of the young man.

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When he responded to the young boy he only said that he didn’t want him to get hurt. As a result, the young boy responded with his shaking voice asking if officer McMillan wanted him to get out of the car. The answer given was a simple no. McMillan also informed the boy that he didn’t want him to text while driving. Doing so could cause him to get into a car accident.

He didn’t want the young boy’s mother to experience losing her son as a result of being in a wreck caused by texting and driving. McMillan told the young boy that he should have a long life and one day become the man he knows himself to be. He informed the boy that he would not be writing him a ticket and that he just didn’t want him to get hurt. He encouraged the young boy to refrain from texting and to pay attention when driving.

Within the post officer McMillan wanted everyone to know that regardless of whose fault it was that caused the young boy to be in such an overwhelming state of terror, his only wish to the world was for it to be fixed.

You could blame the media, cops abusing authority, protestors wanting a better life of equality or other sad events that have taken place in the world.

The important thing officer McMillan cared most about was the resolution to the damage done. What do you think is important when moving forward? Let us know in the comments and show this article to someone it might resonate with!