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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 05:44 PM Nov 2019

Eating While Black... WTF???



Joy Reid ✔ @JoyAnnReid

We really need to address the overpolicing of people of color in this country. Seriously.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/bart-police-arrest-sandwich-video-pleasant-hill-14820837.php
BART reviewing video of officer detaining rider eating sandwich
A pair of videos showing a heated confrontation between a BART police officer and a passenger eating a breakfast sandwich has sparked an independent review. The first 15-minute video, taken on the...

sfgate.com


4:38 PM - Nov 10, 2019
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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
11. It's kind of sad when that is the best thing that can be said.
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 07:10 PM
Nov 2019

There is no need for this harassment at all. It shouldn't raise an eyebrow.

irisblue

(32,829 posts)
4. 10 years since Fruitvale Station shooting of Oscar Grant.
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:02 PM
Nov 2019

"Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009"

A lot more at the wiki page

Nictuku

(3,571 posts)
5. I have a coffee every day on BART
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:07 PM
Nov 2019

Not once have I been harassed. I guess I'm just too white. I see dozens and dozens of white people with coffee.

Passing BART police every day. I have never seen anyone harassed.

This pisses me off to no end. This harassment of black people must stop now.

At least he didn't get shot.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
10. It would be great comedy if it weren't so deplorable
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:55 PM
Nov 2019

You really have to appreciate the absurdity of what happened (pretty much copied from the article, this isn't a joke I made up):

"You are eating, it's against the law"
"So what?"
"You are going to jail"
"I'm not going to jail for eating a sandwich"
"No, for resisting arrest"

Resisting arrest for what? For not being ok with getting detained for eating which wasn't a reason for getting arrested?

Voltaire2

(12,629 posts)
12. Resisting is the new loitering.
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 07:18 PM
Nov 2019

It’s what cops arrest you for when they know they have no other arrestable offense.
Then it’s just your word against theirs, or it used to be before everything everywhere was on YouTube.

brettdale

(12,332 posts)
13. state law, you cant eat?
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 07:21 PM
Nov 2019

Im guessing you cant eat on a platform??????

I mean seriously your harrassing the guy for that?????????

IcyPeas

(21,747 posts)
15. Police instigated this
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 08:16 PM
Nov 2019

Cop could've just told the guy 'hey, you're not supposed to be eating on the platform'. Instead the cop made it a big deal. Reminds me of Eric Gardner. Another video where you can plainly see the cops exacerbate the situation. My eyes don't deceive me.

And is that cop allowed to grab the guy's backpack and not let go?

I hope we haven't heard the end of this.

Seriously "eating while black" now is a crime.

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