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In reply to the discussion: Oh Fuck. This is what it's like being a black man in America. [View all]The_REAL_Ecumenist
(742 posts)You say that it's bullshit and that cops don't pull or grab their firearms. Well, if you're correct, then what has happened to me? My husband has occasionally bring it uo again, often cussing & shouting SEVERAL times shouldn't have ever happened. You see, I KNOW how that man feels because as a NEW BRIDE sitting in our car with my WHITE husband at the River, what explains the instant explains the instantaneous appearance of at least 4 cruisers, unimaginably blinding torches, at LEAST 6 of them, with at least 3 of them attached to either rifles or shotguns pointed at me but not my husband? BTW, I'm about 5'5" tall, about 135 lbs.
My Husband, you might ask? Well, he's about 6'6" 300-315 lbs...and before you tell me that they were pointed at the both of us- the "officers that were at the front the car were pointed to ware the left of the car. My husband was FURIOUS that they acted as if he'd just materialised out of the thin air. Luckily, we'd JUST picked up our marriage certificate from the POB we had that time. My husband asked them what the f&ck were they doing training their weapons on his new Bride. The one nearest my window KEPT HIS RIFLE TRAINED ON ME, while he began to ARGUE with my husband.
As I mentioned earlier, we had JUST received the certificate while running errands & had the partially opened envelope with the cert in it. Hubs snatched the certificate out of the envelope & practically jammed it into his face. It was then & ONLY then that they lowered their guns, (Remember now, those arms were ONLY pointed at me!), Said that they thought I was some prostitute they on the lookout for, ( Oh yeah, it was FULLY dark. around 10 pm... next the Sacramento River, us kissing & hugging & NO lights at that area of the River), mumbled something in the same zip code of an apology getting back in their "crown Vics" & disappearing so fast that I had a fleeting thought wondering if I ACTUALLY had a number of guns pointed at me by some sumbitch, ignorant,lying cops?
I was so horrified & livid that I've never stopped at that place near the River. However, you say that what happens to that young man, me & countless POC & poor folks, is just a manner of jumping the gun, (pun intended), delusional & mistaken? Right? Remember that my husband had 0 guns pointed at him, oh no! They were ALL trained on me or was I hallucinating? Explain to me how what happened to us is completely normal & both my husband & I misinterpreting the event. Please, oh please convince me that we misjudged those LEO's & we shouldn't trust our own eyes.
Oh yeah, take your time, I'll wait..