Armed Black Driver Praises 2 White Officers Who Disarmed Him During Traffic Stop.

Arizona man, Steven Hildreth, Jr. took to Facebook to
narrate how he was disarmed during a traffic stop by
two white police officers and praised them for how
they behaved. The incident happened on October 27th,
and he said he was “wearing a hoodie and strapped”
when he was stopped for driving with a broken headlight.

After approaching his car, one of the officers asked
him if he was armed, he replied that he was armed
with a Glock handgun and that the gun was holstered
on his right hip and his conceal carry license was in
his wallet in his right back pocket. The officers
proceeded to disarm him. Steven works with the
National Guard.
See the rest of what he wrote below;

The officer explains for his safety and mine, he needs
to disarm me for the stop. I understand, and I unlock
the vehicle. I explain that I'm running a 7TS ALS
holster but from the angle, the second officer can't
unholster it. Lead officer asks me to step out, and I
do so slowly. Officer relieves me of my Glock and
compliments the X300U I'm running on it. He also sees
my military ID and I tell him I'm with the National Guard.

Lead officer points out my registration card is out of
date but he knows my registration is up to date. He goes
back to run my license. I know he's got me on at least two
infractions. I'm thinking of how to pay them.

Officers return with my Glock in an evidence back,
locked and cleared. "Because you were cool with us and
didn't give us grief, I'm just going to leave it at a verbal
warning. Get that headlight fixed as soon as possible."

I smile. "Thank you, sir."
I'm a black man wearing a hoodie and strapped.
According to certain social movements, I shouldn't be
alive right now because the police are allegedly out to
kill minorities.

Maybe...just maybe...that notion is bunk.
Maybe if you treat police officers with respect, they
will do the same to you.

Police officers are people, too. By far and large, most
are good people and they're not out to get you.

I'd like to thank those two officers and TPD in general
for another professional contact.

We talk so much about the bad apples who shouldn't be
wearing a badge. I'd like to spread the word about an
example of men who earned their badges and exemplify
what that badge stands for.
#BlueLivesMatter #AllLivesMatter

Blacks in the US aren't impressed with his write-up
and praise for the officers, they say he was treated
this way because he was with the National Guard and
not a thug with a lengthy criminal record or just a
black man with no real job.

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