A white woman called the cops on a black real estate investor. Police defended him.

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Bourbon

In Yo Face!


[h=3]Some white people are calling the police for really minor things[/h]When you look at the recent spate of racial profiling cases, one thing that stands out is how minor some of the alleged offenses are — and that someone feeling suspicious or uncomfortable is seemingly enough to warrant calling law enforcement.
It also shows how people of color are subject to arbitrary social expectations and heightened scrutiny. It’s a phenomenon that academics argue is more likely to happen in places where people of color, especially black people, are in the minority.
Recent research shows that white and black communities call police at different rates and often for different reasons. When law enforcement officers are summoned in situations when they’re not actually needed, callers — who are often white — create the potential for a violent encounter, or escalation. It’s a real reason to be concerned, given that police use force more often when dealing with people of color.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2018...vestor-racial-profiling-memphis-michael-hayes
 
I think there is a new mantra.. "See something, say something".. but can't that work both ways? I mean can't a black person call the cops on someone walking in the neighborhood while white?
 
kudzu said:
I think there is a new mantra.. "See something, say something".. but can't that work both ways? I mean can't a black person call the cops on someone walking in the neighborhood while white?
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See something, say something is being used for exactly what it was intended for. It's one of the things I didn't like that President Obama repeated.

white folks to call the kops on Black, Mexicans and Muslims.

And they are using it true to form.

Oh and Blacks aren't going to call the kops on white folks for living life and not committing crimes.
 
Bourbon said:


[h=3]Some white people are calling the police for really minor things[/h]When you look at the recent spate of racial profiling cases, one thing that stands out is how minor some of the alleged offenses are — and that someone feeling suspicious or uncomfortable is seemingly enough to warrant calling law enforcement.
It also shows how people of color are subject to arbitrary social expectations and heightened scrutiny. It’s a phenomenon that academics argue is more likely to happen in places where people of color, especially black people, are in the minority.
Recent research shows that white and black communities call police at different rates and often for different reasons. When law enforcement officers are summoned in situations when they’re not actually needed, callers — who are often white — create the potential for a violent encounter, or escalation. It’s a real reason to be concerned, given that police use force more often when dealing with people of color.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2018...vestor-racial-profiling-memphis-michael-hayes
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Ich bin Groot
 
kudzu said:
I think there is a new mantra.. "See something, say something".. but can't that work both ways? I mean can't a black person call the cops on someone walking in the neighborhood while white?
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Black people will tell the white person they are in the wrong neighborhood, took a wrong turn etc....
 
Good for the cops, fvck that lady. As a real estate investor myself I know exactly what that guy was doing.
 
cawacko said:
Good for the cops, fvck that lady. As a real estate investor myself I know exactly what that guy was doing.
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Of course this pissed you off ILA. You claim to be a capitalist but have no problem with the cops being called because someone is checking on their property?
 
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