In other words, the police are racists.

Via HuffPo:

MSNBC host Chris Hayes responded Friday to New York Times columnist David Brooks’ piece on why he doesn’t smoke pot anymore, delivering a powerful account of how race and luck helped him escape arrest at one of the biggest events in politics.

Hayes attended the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, but not without a little bit of trouble at the security check-in. He inadvertently had a bag of weed in his luggage — one that despite being caught by the police, came with little consequence.

The MSNBC host predicted that in a best-case scenario, the cops thought he was a senator’s son — an incident with “a whole bunch of headaches” that they “did not need” on a night with greater security concerns.

“I can tell you as sure as I am sitting here before you that if I was a black kid with cornrows instead of a white kid with glasses, my ass would’ve been in a squad car faster than you can say George W. Bush,” Hayes remarked.