Barbecuing while black

[Cyrano]

A white woman called 911 to report a black family going into Oakland Park to barbecue.

A Sunday morning barbecue along Oakland, California’s Lake Merritt was derailed after a woman called the police on them for using a charcoal grill. Several witnesses and other family members attending the cookout said it was about race.

Video recorded by Michelle Snider on April 29 shows a white woman standing in the East Bay’s designated BBQ zone as she tells a group of black family and friends that they cannot hold a BBQ there using a charcoal grill. One of the men was accused of “trespassing” by the irate woman while on the phone with the police, Kenzie Smith told KRON-TV. The woman hurled several racial epithets at them and told them they’d soon be going to prison for their Sunday afternoon actions.

It's another fucking typical story of American institutional racism. It's sickening, it happens every hour of every day, and it seems that it's never going to end.

Seems that Trump has made it okay to call the police when some white bigot sees a black person breathing. And, yeah. It's been going on since long before Trump. He's just made it worse.

At some point, I'm just going to give up on America. Here's the link to the story and video at raw story.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/white-woman-calls-Here's the link to the story and video on raw story.cops-black-family-barbecuing-park-sobs-shes-victim-harassment/

[Demovictory9]

1. working link

http://www.newsweek.com/lake-merritt-bbq-barbecue-video-oakland-racist-charcoal-east-bay-black-family-919355

[JaneQPublic]

2. Yet another case of bigots using cops as their "Racism Valets"

By the way, that very apt phrase, "racism valet," was coined by MSNBC contributor and Politics Editor for "The Root," Dr. Jason Johnson. The concept needs to go viral.