Native New Yorker, University of Virginia graduate, runner, and sometimes stand-up performer.

When Mark Ross heard that his little 15-year-old sister had been killed in a car crash, he was devastated.


At 3 a.m., he immediately started making plans for how he would make it to her funeral.

Without a license, he had to find a way to get from Indiana to Detroit.

Ross managed to convince a friend — also without a license — to drive him there. His whole plan was risky: Ross was also wanted for an outstanding misdemeanor, and a warrant had been put out for his arrest.

It was just their luck that a police officer pulled them over for speeding. But it’s what the cop did next that stunned the grieving man, who isn’t the biggest fan of cops in general.


In a live stream on Facebook, he caught the cop’s actions on camera. Sergeant David Robison, the officer who pulled them over, didn’t arrest Ross.

Instead, he prayed over him, and offered to drive him as far as he could to get to his sister’s funeral. Robinson and Ross traveled 100 miles together, and the cop dropped him off at a coffee shop where he could be picked up by his cousin.

Now, Mark says that despite all the negative encounters between African-Americans and cops in the press, this one officer gave him hope.

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