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103. Separate but related subject

Sun May 13, 2018, 01:18 AM

May 2018

Was watching ABC News last night and they had two stories on police abuse during the newscast. One on the young man being roughed up at the Waffle House and the other of the lady being yanked from her car in Atlanta. Interesting that they both immediately asked for the Supervisor to be brought in. (Police Supervisor)

As a white male, that is something I would never have considered, a bit of white privilege, we don't have to ask to move up the chain of command because we don't get yanked from cars during a traffic stop.

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Cops called on Black Mother out shopping with her child.. [View all] HipChick May 2018 OP

I hope she sues for every last cent the business is worth and then a lot more. onecaliberal May 2018 #1

This! rusty fender May 2018 #2

Me, too! Glorfindel May 2018 #3

Me three! CaliforniaPeggy May 2018 #6

Absolutely. dalton99a May 2018 #9

And names the clerk in the suit. WhiteTara May 2018 #55

I agree, but it's not good enough to expect black folk to recover money AFTER the fact EffieBlack May 2018 #60

Exactly. kag May 2018 #93

she should sue to own the business so she can set the rules. demigoddess May 2018 #62

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #126

And the woman is a lawyer lillypaddle May 2018 #4

The owners' response is stupid. yardwork May 2018 #5

+1. "Basically, there was some furtive behavior on the part of the blacks" dalton99a May 2018 #16

I know, really.. explain "furtive Cha May 2018 #65

"Furtive behavior" means shopping while black! jrthin May 2018 #80

+1 uponit7771 May 2018 #33

I know, yardwork.. just begging to be protested.. Especially Cha May 2018 #63

The sentence is just poorly written. kag May 2018 #95

Thank you, kag! It was Cha May 2018 #98

Go for it and take both for every penny. n/t sarge43 May 2018 #7

Hope she ends up owning the store. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #8

I agree get the red out May 2018 #14

They protested at ther store which is a good start. Merlot May 2018 #40

"there needs to be some kind of deterrent in place" kag May 2018 #96

Here is the response form Amarcord oberliner May 2018 #10

Calling the victims liars ejbr May 2018 #19

"Shocked, our employee pursued them outside in an attempt to sort things out." Anon-C May 2018 #81

They got a shock alright ejbr May 2018 #127

Fuck Amacord. I hope that the lying, racist fucks are sued into oblivion. MrScorpio May 2018 #25

There are a lot of unsubstantiated statements in the owner's statement. Sounds like a court case. erronis May 2018 #29

THis -- they absolutely defamed the patrons obamanut2012 May 2018 #42

Just to be sure, safeinOhio May 2018 #39

Idiots obamanut2012 May 2018 #41

"Shocked" I tell you Merlot May 2018 #43

If the store is so confident, then release the full security camera footage. AJT May 2018 #47

Epic fail mcar May 2018 #53

This reads like "how dare they get angry!" gollygee May 2018 #64

They're full of shit. The police already said they were called Thrill May 2018 #97

Wow. kag May 2018 #99

"OUR Statement Was Promptly Deleted" DallasNE May 2018 #108

The husband deleted the statement from his FB page oberliner May 2018 #112

thanks for the email of the owner Patti lunasun May 2018 #132

Seems like it was the clerk's fault. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #11

The whole difference between events reported by both sides is astonishing. moriah May 2018 #24

+1. Imo, it's WRONG to believe any account yet. Hortensis May 2018 #34

That really isn't what I'm arguing. moriah May 2018 #46

:) I worked with/around attorneys in business Hortensis May 2018 #49

WTH, facts are available. Cops found nothing stolen. brush May 2018 #56

Part of the story. How about any witnesses and video? Hortensis May 2018 #61

If the employee was touching her, it should be on the tape. forgotmylogin May 2018 #48

I think the touching occurred as she followed them down the street. nt tblue37 May 2018 #89

Whoa. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #67

"They knew you were going to shoplift the minute you walked in the door," Demovictory9 May 2018 #12

Yeah, I don't get that.. was that the manager talking? Cha May 2018 #68

Siccing the cops on brown/black people you don't like has consequences dalton99a May 2018 #13

welcome to the usa folks . this crap has been going on for decades AllaN01Bear May 2018 #15

"a misunderstanding ensued inside our store" More_Cowbell May 2018 #17

Their whole post is we believe our employee's version of events, not those people we called the cops TeamPooka May 2018 #18

I know.. UnFreakingReal.. such a good Cha May 2018 #69

Boggles my mind, Cha mcar May 2018 #75

Right, mcar.. instead they just started Cha May 2018 #77

"They knew you were going to shoplift the moment you got in the door..." wtf? Oneironaut May 2018 #20

So it was mall/store cops that cuffed and detained them? nini May 2018 #21

Don't think so.... moriah May 2018 #27

thanks for the clarification nini May 2018 #30

It's awfully damn suspicious. Why would he hold onto her ID except for intimidation? moriah May 2018 #35

That's exactly what he was doing. nini May 2018 #44

I didn't get this part, nini.. Cha May 2018 #72

I think that's poorly written mcar May 2018 #76

Oh I get it.. I was Cha May 2018 #79

Well I'm a freelance writer mcar May 2018 #86

Oh wow! That's Cha May 2018 #87

That's exactly what confused me nini May 2018 #100

I imagined the store workers Cha May 2018 #102

She will own the place . . . Sam McGee May 2018 #22

Wypipo. Madampiece Theater May 2018 #23

yep nini May 2018 #31

Yep. Solomon May 2018 #109

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #26

I hate to say this but this is why I shop on Amazon now BumRushDaShow May 2018 #28

I don't blame you, and I'm sorry. yardwork May 2018 #37

You don't have to apologize BumRushDaShow May 2018 #50

BRDS.. Cha May 2018 #73

Mahalo Cha! BumRushDaShow May 2018 #113

"admission from a store worker that she was unsure anything was ever stolen" then why where they uponit7771 May 2018 #32

They dared to get angry gollygee May 2018 #66

People calling Police Is, Just more of people with a Dillon Roof Agenda, to create Racial Tensions. Civic Justice May 2018 #36

Yeah, Happy mother's day, too. murielm99 May 2018 #38

Lets all start calling the cops on White folks. safeinOhio May 2018 #45

If cops show up, they are likely to brutalize or even shoot the black person who called them. tblue37 May 2018 #91

Yep. nt SunSeeker May 2018 #106

I'm talking about White on White police calls. safeinOhio May 2018 #114

You see African-Americans must not be able to afford what white saleswomen can't buy malaise May 2018 #51

Reminds me of the story Oprah told when they wouldn't... Stellar May 2018 #58

I'll never forgot that one malaise May 2018 #59

Get out....really!? Stellar May 2018 #78

There are a bunch of threads about that BumRushDaShow May 2018 #116

Disappointed that she purchased the bag after being treated that way ecstatic May 2018 #110

That was my comment back then malaise May 2018 #133

As a white person, I look at the photo of the mother... rufus dog May 2018 #101

That shouldn't matter malaise May 2018 #111

No one has a monopoly on that. DFW May 2018 #131

Big difference in USA though HipChick May 2018 #135

True that DFW May 2018 #137

... mcar May 2018 #52

Wow.. and the store owners still deny Cha May 2018 #54

USA wypipo giving examples of exactly how N*zi Germany 'happened' ... displaying 2 the whole world mr_lebowski May 2018 #57

This is Brooklyn, NY oberliner May 2018 #71

He got 133k votes in Brooklyn. John Fante May 2018 #82

Hillary got 640K oberliner May 2018 #118

Yeah, I get that, but the fact remains that a decent number John Fante May 2018 #128

They refer to themselves as "progressive and inclusive" in their statement oberliner May 2018 #129

And Fox News referred to themselves as "fair and balanced" John Fante May 2018 #130

Well, they are gentrifiers... MrScorpio May 2018 #84

Any chance we have the name of the store? AllyCat May 2018 #70

Read the tweet. It's right there. nt Steven Maurer May 2018 #74

Thanks. I see it today looking at a bigger screen AllyCat May 2018 #125

"One of our employees politely approached two patrons to clarify a situation" John Fante May 2018 #83

I know.. out of control Cha May 2018 #88

Once again. Not in the south. Tipperary May 2018 #85

"Black people go shopping nowadays, too? It's such a confusing world!" struggle4progress May 2018 #90

So, is this shit happening more, TDale313 May 2018 #92

Twitter and Facebook have only been around for a bit over a dozen years BumRushDaShow May 2018 #115

Sick of this shit. Laffy Kat May 2018 #94

Do you live in Brooklyn? oberliner May 2018 #119

No, Colorado. nt Laffy Kat May 2018 #120

It's a local used clothing store oberliner May 2018 #121

I figured that when I re-read the article. Laffy Kat May 2018 #122

Social media criticism can still be effective though oberliner May 2018 #123

Yep, hit 'em in the pocket book. That's the only thing they understand. nt Laffy Kat May 2018 #124

Separate but related subject rufus dog May 2018 #103

Why Hasn't Trump Weighed In On Profiling Epidemic In America? DallasNE May 2018 #104

Trump brought all these white supremacists out from under their rocks workinclasszero May 2018 #105

This is Brooklyn, NY oberliner May 2018 #117

The shop owners are just digging a deeper hole for themselves. SunSeeker May 2018 #107

Racist business is taking a beating on their FB Page. AllyCat May 2018 #134

Thank you, Donald Trump, and every last sucker/co-conspirator who voted for you. n/t Orsino May 2018 #136

Nothing to do with Trump oberliner May 2018 #139

Trump has emboldened, to varying degrees, latent and overt white supremacists. Orsino May 2018 #141

It Would be Helpful to Put Out this Store's Name on Social Media dlk May 2018 #138

It's a local used clothing store in Brooklyn only oberliner May 2018 #140

Boycott the store and the employee wins............. MRDAWG May 2018 #142