A traffic stop. Ostensibly a mundane event. For African Americans, however, it is anything but mundane. It could be a life-altering event at best; at its worst, it could be life-ending. Compelled by yet another highly publicized traffic stop-related killing in yet another American city, Memphis in the case of Tyre Nichols, we tell each other our stories of what happened when we "got stopped." The heart palpitations, the quick glance around the car for anything an officer could randomly deem "suspicious," code switching the music to classical or silencing it. How many of us know this drill? Visit the link in bio to read more from Casey Blake for @usatodayopinion