(New York Daily News) A black Indiana man who snapped a selfie with a white cop during a traffic stop to prove that not all police interactions are bad has gone viral.
Greg Barnes Jr. took a photo with the Indiana state trooper who pulled him over for speeding last Friday to send a positive message about police relations after the two shared a very genial conversation about the transgression.
"The officer did not know me nor did I know him, but we each showed one another a mutual display of respect in our interaction," he wrote. "He was doing his job, and I had made a mistake in trying to hurry home to get started moving that led to our path's crossing."
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