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In reply to the discussion: COPS COMPLAIN ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE WASTING POLICE TIME CALLING 911 WITH IRRATIONAL FEARS OF BLACKS [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)That's some pretty circular reasoning you got going there.
They were asked to leave by the police because the manager told them they were trespassing. They didn't do a thing to confirm that the manager had the legal right to make them leave.
You didn't respond to my hypo earlier, so I'll pose it again, along with another one.
1. If the police walked in to the restaurant and the manager said, "I want those two men out of here because they're wearing sneakers and we don't serve anyone with sneakers on, so they're trespassing" and the police couldn't see the men's shoes but could see that several white people in the restaurant were wearing sneakers but weren't being asked to leave, you're saying the police would be required to go up to the men, order them to leave and, if they didn't, they would have no option other than to arrest them for trespassing without asking any further questions because the owner wanted them to leave?
2. What if the police went into the restaurant and the manager said, "I want those two men out of here because it's my job to keep this restaurant clean and safe and reputable studies show that black people are dirty and dangerous, so they need to leave." Would the police be required to order the two men out of the restaurant and arrest them if they didn't leave because the manager wanted them out or could they refuse to arrest the men because it was clear that racial discrimination was the motive for the manager's trespassing accusation?