Cops Thought The Black Teen Had A Rocket Launcher. So Neil Taught Them All A Lesson.

The story of Neil deGrasse Tyson begins, like most other stories of heroes, with people just not *getting it.*

When he first began the adventure that would lead him to be an astrophysicist, folks said:

“Astronomers look like this*…

*Newton

…they don’t look like this**!”

**Neil

But his parents had seen his curiosity and had given him a telescope.

And there was no going back.

But even though his parents understood him, police didn’t like the looks of an astronomer *who looked like Neil* on top of a roof with … THAT.

“Hands up! That looks like a rocket launcher!”

But lucky for US ALL, those policemen gave things a closer look.

They looked closer at Neil, and in so doing, looked closer at ~*~The Cosmos.~*~

And instead of the worst outcome coming from policemen facing a young black kid who *appears* threatening, they looked closer and fell in love with science just a little bit on that night.

Powerful stuff.

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