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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]liberalhistorian
(20,842 posts)169. Why don't you ask the POC
here if it is making a "mountain out of a mole hill?" And he may not be "officially" drawing his weapon, but his hand placement indicates an immediate readiness to do so.
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My pleasure. But hey, didnt you hear black males have super human strength? (sarcasm)
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#3
A black motorist would have been shot five times if he had hit the cop in the chest. nt
Blue_true
Apr 2018
#45
Complaining about the broadbrush generalization because he was a white guy who is not scared
Solomon
Apr 2018
#64
This here is exactly why I have a whole pulled over script that includes where I keep my wallet.
Afromania
Apr 2018
#13
My favorite is "you went over the center line". Usually happens after midnight too
7962
Apr 2018
#116
In a basic sense, I agree with you ... I think it's ludicrous to suggest that cops aren't less ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2018
#96
But of course one can discern the entire scenario in the OP based on a simple picture
MichMan
Apr 2018
#104
Your post is a sensible evaluation of this individual moment. Therefore, it will be disregarded.
7962
Apr 2018
#113
I havent read the entire thread, lemme guess, non POC lecturing POC about racism?
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#127
Notice which people INSiST that it is NOT all about race all the time?
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#124
Why don't you ask the cops whose highest risk of murder is at traffic stops?
whathehell
Apr 2018
#172
Complete and utter bullshit. He is waiting for an opportunity to blow the 'skeery' Black man
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#26
Don't you love "Democrats" who are quick to acknowledge that racism exists but it never seems
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#95
There is nothing wrong with making assumptions based on evidence...his hand is on his gun...it
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#102
I'm not Male BUT I am a woman of color. My husband? He's a Texas born Bohemian Czech...
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Apr 2018
#121
REALLY? Do tell because I thought you were trying to convince people that
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Apr 2018
#161
It is standard procedure, The cop will touch your passenger taillight area........
Old Vet
Apr 2018
#100
I did an internship with the St. Louis Public Defender in my third year of law school
Cary
Apr 2018
#30
One reason white women date me is so our kids can have natural sunburn protection
IronLionZion
Apr 2018
#128
Wait..You mean a cop pulled a gun on a white person, a white female, no less?
whathehell
Apr 2018
#81
And Ben Carson in the Republican party proves that the GOP isn't built upon racism
Tarc
Apr 2018
#145
Your investment in positing that the OP is not illustrative of racism in any form
LanternWaste
Apr 2018
#174
I come from a country where the police don't even carry guns, so I am constantly
Doodley
Apr 2018
#92
I think that only a black man in America truly knows what it's like to be a black man in America.
elocs
Apr 2018
#106
I have seen more bad behavior from older white men than I remember in the past.
CrispyQ
Apr 2018
#129