"I don't understand why you're walking around this neighborhood w/ a bunch a packages" to black UPS

[Demovictory9]

Link to tweet

The woman has not immediately been identified, but said she lives in the area where the Peters, a seasonal worker, was delivering several postal items.

'I'm going to need someone's information to check up on you, because I don't understand why you're walking around this neighborhood with a bunch a packages,' the woman says at the beginning of the video.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7734061/White-woman-calls-police-black-UPS-man-delivering-packages-nervous.html

When Peters expresses that the woman is bothering him, she explains that the man's presence made her 'nervous.'

'I'm not bothering you,' she says. 'I want to complain to UPS that you look very suspicious and making me nervous.'

She then goes on to explain her apprehension, citing past break-ins that occurred in the area.

Peters then proceeds to turn the camera around and show what appears to be a company issued jacket with the official emblem attached.

Later, Peters also shows his work dolly carrying a pile of packages meant to be delivered.

At one point the woman retreats to her home, but reappears to allegedly take pictures of the man and record him.



In a separate clip, the woman says she has called the police as a second UPS worker comes into frame and begins speaking to the woman.

It is unclear what occurs after the video ends.

Since is initial posting, the video has been shared on Twitter and has quickly gone viral.

[dewsgirl]

1. I swear lately it seems I am embarrassed by my fellow

Americans, hourly.😔

[Scarsdale]

2. I agree.

This woman needs to get a JOB, so she can stop harassing honest workers. Who does she think she is, the neighborhood watch commander? So now it is against the law to deliver for UPS while black? She made a complete ASS of herself. I wish to apologize to the gentleman for the ignorant white people among us. We are NOT all like her.

[dewsgirl]

8. Not at all. Those people make me not only ashamed to be

American, but also ashamed to be white.😔 I hope there are people that were able to reach out to him.SMH

[pangaia]

31. Why be ashamed? She is not you. You are not her.

[dewsgirl]

32. That is true.😊

[raccoon]

3. I like his responses to her. And he's right, she is crazy. NT

[rpannier]

4. sigh. The stupid is exasperating

I was going to write a snarky response, but nothing I could write would be as ignorant, stupid and pathetic
People wonder why so many of us have flat foreheads now

[NCLefty]

6. Slavery ended: 154 years ago in United States... Zzz...

#slowhumansareslow

[pangaia]

35. Unfortunately, it didn't...

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Let me get this straight, she's 'nervous' about this guy yet she gets up in his grill to start shit?

[obamanut2012]

12. Yeah, 100% my first thought, too

If you are literally in fear of someone, you observe, then call the cops if need be. Some people get a gun and shoot them, because they are sociopaths on THAT way. What non-racist/sociopaths do is just call the cops.

This woman is a racist and entitled POS.

[cyclonefence]

64. My first thought was

"my god, I hope she doesn't come back with a gun."

[Alithea]

7. He's right. It looks like she's might be suffering from a mental illness.

Some type of paranoia.

[regnaD kciN]

9. Yes...the form of paranoia known as "racism"...

Seriously, this response reminds me of the old adage:

If they’re African-American, they’re thugs.
If they’re Muslim, they’re terrorists.
If they’re Latinx, they’re “illegals.”
If they’re white…they “must be mentally-ill.”

[jberryhill]

11. Are you saying the person you are replying to does that?

To be honest, I haven’t read all of Alithea’s posts on DU, so I don’t know if this poster does what you are accusing them of.

[lunasun]

19. ++ She's got the mental illness color pass needed for certain crowds

[Alithea]

28. See my reply in 25

[Alithea]

25. Your analogy seems to apply but it doesn't actually fit well here.

The adage is used to explain the discriminatory assumption that is unfortunately often applied to people who commit violent offences: the assumption that a black, Hispanic, or Muslim perpetrator committed the offence because of some personal choice (or identity group flaw) for which he should be held accountable, while not considering the possibility of mental illness, - but that a white person is readily offered that possibility and excuse of mental illness. That is true and a very fair criticism. I agree with it entirely.

The reason the adage is true is because it is equally possible to accuse or excuse a black, Hispanic, Muslim, or white person for a violent offence (Eg. a shooting spree, domestic violence). Violent offenders come in all colors and religions.

That’s also why it doesn’t apply when the offence is an accusation of racism. No black, Hispanic, or Muslim person could be similarly accused.

When the supposed racism manifests as “a completely unwarranted suspicion”, it’s important to remember that paranoia is a central feature of several mental health disorders. The more unwarranted the suspicion and the more bizarre the behavior, the more likely it is that it’s caused by a mental health issue.

[JonLP24]

42. I had bizarre paranoia before

It was more like the NSA is spying on me type of paranoia but to me as someone with schizophrenic symptoms she seems like a normal racist to me.

I think all racism is unwarranted.

[obamanut2012]

53. Stop making excuses for these digusting racist fucks

She is a raging bigot, period.

[Alithea]

59. I have to call them like I see them. She might be a racist, or

or she might be paranoid schizophrenic, or drunk, or all of the above, or none of the above. What is clear from her gait and speech is that she is mentally incapacitated in some way.

If I understand you correctly, your problem with my comment is that I haven’t piled on enough hate. That I haven’t joined in the chorus of calumny. That I have dared to point out that the person looks unwell.

I won’t be bullied into being a hater.

It’s what the Russian bots would want and I don’t intend to add to their success.

I also object as matter of principle. Hate is never the antidote to hate. It begets more hate, it corrodes the soul of the hater, it blinds, and it creates more problems than it solves.

On all sides - we need to try to reign in our worst instincts, and model values and behaviours that promote the public good.

[RandiFan1290]

10. A lot of women pulling this racist crap

What's going on?

[lunasun]

18. Nothing new imo just phones are ready now days to capture the racists

She said she is going to need to get some information on him
Nowadays twitter will reciprocate her wish back at her

[obamanut2012]

54. No, a lot of men and women pullinh this crap

[RandiFan1290]

57. Yes

Mostly women in these recent videos

[ProfessorGAC]

14. A Few Questions

Is that a badge she's wearing on her left hip? If so, is she Barney Fifing?
Second, anyone know why the UPS logo came out backwards in that pic? I don't take enough photos to know why that would happen.
I know these aren't directly related to the OP, just curiosity.

[Codeine]

15. That's just some kind of logo on her sweats

I think.

The UPS is flipped because he switched to his front-facing camera on his phone to make sure it was framed in the shot.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Just Did The Phone Flip

Used a letterhead, put it on my chest.
Flipped phone around, but logo pic is normal.
Is there a mirror image feature on some phones?

[Codeine]

48. Not flipping it, switching cameras.

My iPhone mirrors when I do it. Maybe there’s a setting or something.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. The Mirror On The Truck!!!

Yeah, that makes because I tested the camera turn around thing and image was normal!
Back at you, Chin! Don't get too stuffed!

[LiberalFighter]

41. It happens a lot when selfies are taken. Images are reversed.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. Doesn't Happen On My Phone

Perhaps there's a mirror image setting that is off on mine.
I tried both lenses, flipped each way and always got a normal image.
Took pics of big TV with guitars hanging to each side. The guitars were always in the right place and graphics on screen were readable like normal.
Gotta be some option on the camera, I don't know about.

[LiberalFighter]

63. Depending on your phone it is either on or off depending on default.

On mine, the default is to take photo as if it wasn't really a selfie. If I go into settings and change it then it will be all backwards.

Personally, I think the default should be as a real image and not mirror.

[CurtEastPoint]

17. As an Atlantan, I profusely apologize. We are not all like this POS.

[cwydro]

38. She doesn't have a Georgia accent.

Not a bit of south in her mouth.

[SMC22307]

46. She seems Jersey Shore to me. Or Staten Island. (n/t)

[Tipperary]

47. Yeah, not a southerner.

[RandiFan1290]

52. She sounds southern to me

Especially at the very beginning.

[obamanut2012]

55. Yup, central or northern NJish

[RandiFan1290]

51. Disagree

She sounds 'south' to me.

[SMC22307]

62. No way. The confrontational attitude, the hand gestures...

guess we'll find out eventually.

[Silent3]

22. Gosh, isn't odd how the white UPS worker...

...doesn't make her nervous, and she immediately treats him as someone to take her complaints about the black UPS worker, not demanding his ID, or telling him about the bad things happening in the neighborhood first?

[Demovictory9]

39. the double standard has been noted by twitterverse

[dalton99a]

23. Identify this racist trash

[Roland99]

24. She seems a bit...inebriated

[James48]

26. I was going to say

Her mannerisms were more like “on meth”.

Slurred some words, yet jerky movement.

[obamanut2012]

56. she is obviously not a tweaker at all -- she is just a privileged white person

RACIST.

[Evergreen Emerald]

27. UPS should refuse to deliver to that address ever.

Ever.

[spanone]

29. People like her now have a 'president' who supports their racism...that AIN'T America.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. She seems drunk, but that's no excuse for being a racist a-hole.

If I see a black guy (or anybody, for that matter) wearing a UPS uniform and delivering packages, I'd be inclined to suspect that he's working for UPS. But hey, that's just me; what do I know?

There are some fucked-up people in this country.

[writes3000]

33. In 2016, Russian Trolls spread racial strife by pushing out stories...

which engaged and enraged black people.

I’m not blaming the OP but I hope we’re recognizing patterns as we come to 2020. I think it’s purposeful.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Maybe, but such things really happen, too.

This particular incident was so weird that I don't think even a Russian troll could have made it up.

[writes3000]

36. I don't think it's invented. I suspect it's real. But it's used as a tool.

We just have to be aware of how this stuff is being used to get people to gang up against each other. The trolls gain followers off of tweets like these and suddenly they will start posting about how none of the Dem nominees actually care about black people...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. Good point. We do need to be careful about how even true events are manipulated.

[Alithea]

40. Agreed. The purpose of the trolls is to erode Dem support from BOTH sides:

1) From minorities, by gaining followers through clickbait of extreme examples, and then accusing Dem nominees of not caring, and

2) From independents and moderate whites, by making it seem like the party has been taken over by an extremist wing that is grinding an ax against all whites, no matter how innocent or supportive they are (eg. Bernie), and then accusing Dem nominees of not caring.

If we're going to defeat the Offal in the Office, we're gonna need every vote we can get.

[JonLP24]

43. It isn't going to help to get out every vote by downplaying racist events

As the work of Russian trolls. If people stop thinking for themselves the Russian trolls win.

[MrScorpio]

44. That's simply another example of the fact...

That America has a never ending supply of racist white ladies, who believe that they’re entitled to use the police to oppress any Black person within their presence.

It’s not just the racist aspect of it, it’s the sheer audacity of their willingness to police Black bodies personally, under the rubric being “afraid” of those same Black bodies, merely because they’re inability to cope with their own episode of race based stress.

These white people see a Black body in an area where they’ve designated it in their own minds as a “whites only space,” they then become uncomfortable with that fact and then go on to conflate their own discomfort around Black people with some “threat” to their own safety.

It’s ridiculous to most people of course, but to whites who have been conditioned to have anti-Black bias for their entire lives, it makes perfect sense.

Thank goodness for cell phones videos and YouTube, because it’s not out of the realm of possibility for these racially stressed and entitled white women cry “rape” or whatever, whenever Black people are doing nothing more than going about their own business.

In the past, that’s how a Black man could get lynched.

[Iggo]

45. Never ending is right.

Shine a light on 'em.

[ck4829]

50. Kick

[doc03]

58. A friend of mine works for the 911 service. He told me

one day recently he got a call from a women saying that 2 black guys were it her neighborhood. He ask her if they were breaking the law or something and she says they shouldn't be in this neighborhood. So anyway they dispached a cop to check them out and they were just walking. They got another call a while later from this women again complaining that they were still there. He told her that the cops talked to them and they were not breaking any laws. She said I don't care they shouldn't be here they should be picked up. He tried to convince her this is a free country and cops just can't arrest people for walking down the wrong street. She went off yellling that's what is wrong with this country the blacks can get away with anything and the cops are afraid to touch them.

[tulipsandroses]

61. Why can't people like this be charged for abusing the 911 system?

Its completely outrageous. Not only racist. Potentially putting the lives of the young men in danger. Its a waste tax payers dollars. The time it takes to send the police officers to check on nonsense, that she knows is nonsense, they could be doing more constructive things for the public. She could be diverting them from investigating real criminals.
I do not understand why more is not being done about these people that do this. Until we start to impose stiff fines and punishment they are going to continue to use the police as their personal body guards against people they think do not belong in "their spaces".

[krispos42]

60. Very slowly: "Because. It's. What. I'm. Being. Paid. To. Do."

A brief lecture on fiat currancy and wage labor would have been awesome.