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Re: Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat

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Tue, 01 Sep 20 9:24 PM | 17 view(s)
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"I was in a car with my girlfriend and a police officer rolled up on us," Melvin said. "He took her out of the car and told her that I was raping her because he wanted me to go to jail.
"And you know, when Black men get into the prison system, that they really never get out and have a second chance. I was going to college on scholarship and want to be a chemistry major."

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Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat
By: clo in FFFT3
Tue, 01 Sep 20 4:55 PM 		Msg. 60154 of 65535

A police stop could have cost former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin his career in space before he ever got started.

Melvin, who was never afraid launching into space on two Space Shuttle Atlantis missions to help build the International Space Station, never knew what was going to happen when the cops pulled him over.

"I've been on this rocket with millions of pounds of thrust and not once was I afraid of going to space," said Melvin, who is Black. "It's when I've been stopped by police officers that I didn't even know ... I was starting to sweat and just holding the steering wheel really hard."

"Every father in the Black community has a conversation with their son to tell them that if you get stopped by an officer, you know, you assume the position, which is 10-2 (hands on the wheel), look straight ahead," he added. "You tell the officer, you know, you're real respectful, you say you're reaching for your obvious things."

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http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/us/leland-melvin-nasa-astronaut-scn-trnd/index.html

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