Driving While Black: Chris Rock Takes a Selfie Each Time Cops Pull Him Over

Chris Rock took a selfie after being pulled over by police while driving Tuesday, documenting the third time in seven weeks he’s been stopped by a police officer.

Rock posted the photo to his social media accounts with the caption: “Stopped by the cops again wish me luck.” The photograph shows the comedian in the driver’s seat with police lights visible through his rear window.

Stopped by the cops again wish me luck.

A photo posted by Chris Rock (@chrisrock) on Mar 30, 2015 at 9:52pm PDT

His Instagram account reveals that Rock has had three car-related run-ins with police recently, with the first on Feb. 13, again on Feb. 27 and the last on March 30. The location of where the photos were taken is unclear. Tuesday’s photo is above, and below are two more posts from February.

According to the Huffington Post

Last year, Rock joked about cop stops while filming “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” with Jerry Seinfeld. The two were pulled over by a Ramsey, New Jersey, police officer while on their way to Rock’s neighborhood of Alpine. Seinfeld was driving an orange 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S at the time.

It’d be such a better episode if he pulled me to the side and beats the s**t out of me, don’t you think?” Rock joked. “Now here’s the crazy thing: If you weren’t here, I’d be scared. I’m famous, still black. Right now, I’m looking for my license right now.”
After the stop, he added, laughing: “I was worried the whole time. I’m still worried.”

The 50-year-old has tackled the issue of police relations in bits like “How To Not Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police” and in his stand-up.

“You keep notes. You look for the recurring,” he told Vulture in December about how he crafts his stand-up routines. “What’s not going away? Boy, this police-brutality thing—it seems to be lingering. What’s going to happen here? You don’t even have the joke, you just say, ‘Okay, what’s the new angle that makes me not sound like a preacher?’ Forget being a comedian, just act like a reporter. What’s the question that hasn’t been asked? How come white kids don’t get shot? Have you ever watched television and seen some white kid get shot by accident?”

I’m not even driving stop by the cops again

A photo posted by Chris Rock (@chrisrock) on Feb 27, 2015 at 7:39pm PST

Just got pulled over by the cops wish me luck

A photo posted by Chris Rock (@chrisrock) on Feb 13, 2015 at 7:38am PST

—Posted by Roisin Davis

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