--- title: Tim Scott Speaks Out on Discrimination: Speech Transcript description: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott spoke out on Wednesday about the "trust gap" that exists between law enforcement officers and black communities canonical: https://time.com/4406540/senator-tim-scott-speech-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-14T17:02:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:15:58.629Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Senator Tim Scott’s Candid Account of Getting Stopped by Police og:description: The lone black GOP Senator said he was stopped seven times by police in one year og:url: https://time.com/4406540/senator-tim-scott-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ebdf59b6fccd17/69889bfecd1bba95ea7017b6/tim-scott-senate-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Key Speakers At The Conservative Political Action Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Senator Tim Scott’s Candid Account of Getting Stopped by Police twitter:description: The lone black GOP Senator said he was stopped seven times by police in one year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ebdf59b6fccd17/69889bfecd1bba95ea7017b6/tim-scott-senate-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Senator Tim Scott’s Candid Account of Getting Stopped by Police > Sponsored content. 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Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in National Harbor, Maryland on March 3, 2016. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 14, 2016 5:02 PM UTC U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, of South Carolina, [spoke out on Wednesday](http://time.com/4405631/tim-scott-senate-speech-police-stops-race/) about the “trust gap” that exists [between law enforcement officers and black communities](http://time.com/4394802/alton-sterling-police-shooting-baton-rouge/), detailing his personal experience with discrimination. “While I thank God I have not endured bodily harm, I have, however, felt the pressure applied by the scales of justice when they are slanted,” Scott said. “I have felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness and the humiliation that comes with feeling like you’re being targeted for nothing more than being just yourself.” Here’s what he said in his speech to colleagues in the U.S. Senate: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4406540/senator-tim-scott-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4406540/senator-tim-scott-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Senator Tim Scott’s Candid Account of Getting Stopped by Police","datePublished":"2016-07-14T17:02:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:15:58.629Z","description":"The lone black GOP Senator said he was stopped seven times by police in one year","url":"https://time.com/4406540/senator-tim-scott-speech-transcript/","keywords":["Senate","police","Race","South Carolina","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ebdf59b6fccd17/69889bfecd1bba95ea7017b6/tim-scott-senate-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ebdf59b6fccd17/69889bfecd1bba95ea7017b6/tim-scott-senate-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Key Speakers At The Conservative Political Action Conference","caption":"Key Speakers At The Conservative Political Action Conference","creditText":"Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/senate/","name":"Senate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4406540/senator-tim-scott-speech-transcript/","name":"Read Senator Tim Scott’s Candid Account of Getting Stopped by Police"}}]}] ```