Ray Mills, 29, owns a credit repair company in Atlanta. He was interviewed this week by staff writer Ernie Suggs. His comments have been edited for space and clarity.
It was in Clayton County. I was driving up Riverdale Road and ran into some gunfire from two opposing cars. I called the police, and the police asked me what was my location and where did I see the incident. I let them know and they said, “If you could, go to the nearest police station.”
I went to the nearest police station. When the police pulled up, instead of questioning me about the incident and what I saw, they questioned me about how could I afford my car and what I do for a living.
They asked to search my car, and I was the one who actually called the police on an incident that I wasn’t even involved in. In retrospect, that was a lesson to me to kinda mind your own business. The law is there to protect and serve, but like anything, there are a few that are not necessarily serving and protecting our communities. There are some who are not good people.
It made me not want to call the police. This was about six years ago and since then I have been hesitant to call the police about anything. I basically called to help and for them to start questioning me and searching my car … made me feel funny about law enforcement.
