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35. another one, PHOENIX 'KAREN' SLAPPED ACROSS THE FACE ... After Racist Rant

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2020, 04:48 AM

Jun 2020

https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/07/phoenix-arizona-karen-slapped-gas-station-racist-rant/

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DOES this $#iT EVER stop?? [View all] yuiyoshida Jun 2020 OP

Not as long as the powers that be support racists. Karadeniz Jun 2020 #1

Do people think the womans behavior was justified janterry Jun 2020 #2

of course you don't. Afromania Jun 2020 #3

Assaultive behavior is wrong and illegal janterry Jun 2020 #5

Excuse me. Some words are considered fighting words legally. "Nigger" is one of them. Solomon Jun 2020 #27

Did you read the story?? janterry Jun 2020 #29

Ok you're right. I'll go back and look at it more closely. I thought there was a video but it Solomon Jun 2020 #30

Preach! lillypaddle Jun 2020 #6

Temper dyscontrol!! janterry Jun 2020 #9

I know lillypaddle Jun 2020 #10

that's IF she said it janterry Jun 2020 #15

No is implicitly stating violence is an absolute good, mm-kay? LanternWaste Jun 2020 #22

I understand frustrations janterry Jun 2020 #23

"Not sure what you are trying to say, though" RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #31

You didn't read the article janterry Jun 2020 #33

I don't think you got who the jab was directed at. RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #36

Yep malaise Jun 2020 #12

Legally justified? No. PTWB Jun 2020 #7

Do you know what happened at the beginning of the tape? janterry Jun 2020 #8

No, I don't. PTWB Jun 2020 #11

All things are possible janterry Jun 2020 #14

Very unlikely... PTWB Jun 2020 #16

She has not yet been arrested janterry Jun 2020 #17

White folks do tend to get a pass in the criminal justice system, don't they? PTWB Jun 2020 #18

In this case, one woman threw a punch janterry Jun 2020 #20

Indeed. PTWB Jun 2020 #21

Interestingly enough, it doesn't appear to be disorderly conduct under CA statute. Shrike47 Jun 2020 #26

I didn't look at what the jurisdiction was. PTWB Jun 2020 #28

I don't know if it is justified or not SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #13

Seems fair. MyNameGoesHere Jun 2020 #19

Neither of them is innocent. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #4

By a handful or responses in this very thread, I think we safely say it won't end soon. LanternWaste Jun 2020 #24

Well, look...guys in bars throw punches over insults to their scrabblequeen40 Jun 2020 #25

Yes, I would janterry Jun 2020 #34

Interesting who has a mask and who doesn't RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #32

another one, PHOENIX 'KAREN' SLAPPED ACROSS THE FACE ... After Racist Rant Celerity Jun 2020 #35