Loni Love writes about the scary incident in her memoir, I Tried to Change So You Don’t Have To (available June 23)
"Fortunately I was able to make it out, take probation and get it expunged from my record, but I could have gotten hurt, if it wasn’t for the grace of God," she says now. "It taught me a lot."
Going through the legal process wasn't cheap, even with a public defender. "It took all of my savings, and it's all because of something so stupid. And you could say, well she did put soda in a water cup, but it was because we were two black girls," she says. "We know if it was two white girls, [the cop] would have said, 'Don't do that.
Shaken by the experience, Love began studying the criminal justice system. "I started seeing the biases against people of color, especially black men," she says. "It kind of all connects with why I decided to go on to co-host a talk show, because I wanted to have those issues focused on as well.
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