About 12 years ago I had went up north to visit family and came back with a ton of awesome fireworks for the 4th.
Had some friends over and we partied a bit and went out as soon as everyone was shooting their gear off; thought the timing was right.
We set an empty 40 oz on the ground and my buddy Gary started lighting em' off when out of nowhere a cop car with 2 bulky white cops jumped out.
They carded both of us and I was stuck with the ticket. Gary was black, I am white had ZERO fireworks on me and I was pushing a baby stroller to the site so I had no room to carry and they were lit as soon as we got there. Hell, I was still setting up. Ha.
When they popped us, Gary kept trying to tell them he was the one that fired off the fireworks but they knew, fuck ya they knew. So I got myself a $1,000 ticket and never went back "home" for at least 7 years
I guess they didn't want to come off as racist? They looked like triple k clan members and called me boy, a lot...