moving day/the DOOR van

i love weekends! so today i woke up at 8 a.m. and quickly ate because today was the big moving day for Krista [our director, but really is the DOOR (another program through mennonite mission network) director.] so 4 of us RADers went along with Brian (our downstairs neighbor, and the assistant director for DOOR) and hopped in the DOOR van and headed to Krista's old home. As we were turning to get onto the highway we saw a cop behind us. We kept going and then Brian saw the lights and the cop had pulled us over. I realized i did not have my seatbelt on so i quickly snapped it on. Two cops came up to our van, one on the driver's side and the other on the passenger side. The cop talked very harshly to Brian and told him to put his keys on the roof. Brian put them on the dashboard and the cop sternly said, "Give them to me." This seemed odd to me because i have never heard of a cop asking someone to put their keys on the roof, it was weird. So then the cop asked for liscence and registration. The cop had said that the car screened to be a stolen vehicle. Brian tried to explain that the van was owned by DOOR and that he was the assistant director. Earlier in the spring the van had been stolen but was later found. Krista had previously been pulled over and had gone to court to defend herself and that the van was found and it was not stolen, the court people had said that they were going to change the vehicle's status, but obviously they had not done this yet. Brian called Krista on the phone while the cop was present and the cop decided to let us go. When he decided to let us go, we saw a tow truck pull up behind the cop's car. It was ridiculous that the cop had already called a tow truck to take the van away. As we were driving away, Brian made a comment that he was surprized that we were not arrested and on our way to jail. So we got to Krista and Jim's home and started the moving process. It was really unfortunate that they lived on the 3rd floor of the house, it definately made things more challenging. Oh the staircase was pretty narrow and had some turns as well. We got things moved out and into the Uhaul. Our assembly line made moving the furniture and boxes much easier. So we filled the truck and Rachel, Caitlyn and i hopped in the van with Brian and headed to the new home, which is visible from our house. When we were a block away we saw flashing lights, and were being pulled over by another cop! Now we were all laughing and saying how ridiculous this was. The second cop came up to the window and was much more pleasant. He was very friendly and asked for license and a registration. He was very understanding and just asked Brian to get the status of the van changed. Then he let us go. We eventually finished moving all their stuff into their new home, and finished of the process by eating pizza together for lunch.
The whole being pulled over experience made me question some things. It made me wonder why the first 2 cops were so rude and mean. The second time we were pulled over the cop was much nicer. The first 2 cops were also white, and the second cop was hispanic. Also why did they choose to screen our van? it is an older van but was it because Brian is black, and was accompanied by 3 white girls? Did Brian fit the status as a thief of a vehicle? i don't know it's something to think about...