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69. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾

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Mon Mar 22, 2021, 01:44 PM

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NC: 6 yr. old boy sent to court for picking a tulip [View all] Marthe48 Mar 2021 OP

Someone has clearly lost their ever loving mind. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #1

I know the color of this lad's skin without even opening the news link. eom CoopersDad Mar 2021 #2

THIS n/t malaise Mar 2021 #41

Of course. It's horrible. yardwork Mar 2021 #48

This RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2021 #53

What in the world is wrong with people. Diamond_Dog Mar 2021 #3

"When a cop picks up a white boy, he takes him to his parents" dalton99a Mar 2021 #4

What kind of person calls the police on a child picking a flower? Lulu Latech Mar 2021 #5

My mom told me when I started gardening my first yard... Cracklin Charlie Mar 2021 #16

that is what I was thinking. Or...that is a future gardener. demigoddess Mar 2021 #43

This is a wonderful post. Thank you. hunter Mar 2021 #63

Who in their right mind files a police report over a child picking a flower? Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #6

We live in a very sick society right now. ananda Mar 2021 #8

I've been seeing the US deteriorating this way for some time now. There seem to be more Haters RKP5637 Mar 2021 #10

And it seems many are the ones in power, smugly making life a living hell for those of us Jay25 Mar 2021 #59

They've always been here. tRump just gave them a license to openly display their hatred. Texin Mar 2021 #62

What's different is how fuckiing insane they are ... ananda Mar 2021 #78

Yeah, it's now group think/hate! And as you say, "fucking insane." n/t RKP5637 Mar 2021 #84

It's enough to make you think you are losing your own mind. smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #92

Gawsh, tell me about it! ananda Mar 2021 #93

A racist ZonkerHarris Mar 2021 #15

I am deeply ashamed to live in this state Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #7

Me, too. BComplex Mar 2021 #25

There are assholes like that in EVERY state Rorey Mar 2021 #65

Guess some are going for getting cops involved rather than screaming, "Get off my lawn!" RKP5637 Mar 2021 #9

FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #11

ACA still B ret5hd Mar 2021 #12

?????? niyad Mar 2021 #54

It's a slur against police that employs the B word, so it manages to slur women too, as so many Treefrog Mar 2021 #70

Since when is "bastards" a slur against women? Tell me, please. ret5hd Mar 2021 #71

Thank you. That was most informative. niyad Mar 2021 #72

You know as well as I do what that phrase began as, and if not, you've not been to many marches. Treefrog Mar 2021 #73

Tell me what you believe that phrase began as. ret5hd Mar 2021 #74

Is this a history quiz? I spent many of my teenage years in London and the ACAB as YOU define it Treefrog Mar 2021 #75

So, what you're saying is you were wrong? ret5hd Mar 2021 #76

not just skins, all sorts of members of the general public and it goes back 100 years or so Celerity Mar 2021 #88

This message was self-deleted by its author Wednesdays Mar 2021 #17

The REAL news story should be the person filing the charges... ret5hd Mar 2021 #13

Exactly, I was thinking the same thing PatSeg Mar 2021 #19

Judge already dropped the charges per the article. LisaL Mar 2021 #20

Thanks! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #23

I missed that part Marthe48 Mar 2021 #49

I breathed a sigh of relief when I read this. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #57

I wish he would assess court charges against the racist whiner. nt Ilsa Mar 2021 #61

Maybe the accuser's name will be in the court filing Marthe48 Mar 2021 #52

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Mar 2021 #69

He is 6 freaking years old. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #14

That is so pitiful PatSeg Mar 2021 #18

Me too! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #21

I agree PatSeg Mar 2021 #27

The judge indeed dismissed it. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #28

Thank goodness PatSeg Mar 2021 #34

Shameful 3auld6phart Mar 2021 #40

That word perfectly describes it. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #45

Actually, I think every ADULT has done something like this -a flower, a fruit hanging over the fence Texin Mar 2021 #64

And that would include the adult(s) PatSeg Mar 2021 #83

North Carolina sends 6-year-olds to court. Why some say it's time for change Klaralven Mar 2021 #22

I mentioned my paper route at age 7 in a recent thread... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #26

Not only is this cruel to young children, PatSeg Mar 2021 #32

Maybe the cops there dianaredwing Mar 2021 #39

Maybe. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #55

It seems that these days, PatSeg Mar 2021 #80

Yeah, if there ain't no crime, PatSeg Mar 2021 #81

I think its the "better at not getting caught" factor Klaralven Mar 2021 #58

Yes PatSeg Mar 2021 #82

FFS, that's a BS comment to add and a deflection from the issue. blm Mar 2021 #86

Anyone planting flowers near a school bus stop should expect they will be picked. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #24

Is the child black? edhopper Mar 2021 #29

Wondering countingbluecars Mar 2021 #30

Evil people to do this to a child Duncanpup Mar 2021 #31

One tulip flower/stem costs less than $1. sop Mar 2021 #33

And that tulip will be dead in a couple of weeks anyway. Lonestarblue Mar 2021 #50

The most upsetting thing is the article from the Winston Salem Journal Wingus Dingus Mar 2021 #35

OH JFC!!! After posting #89 I now see this post and if CRK7376 Mar 2021 #90

North Korea or North Carolina? Politicub Mar 2021 #36

Back in another lifetime, my mom always had flowers in our yard. Grammy23 Mar 2021 #37

Your mom's flowers likely influenced your neighbors whole career. LisaL Mar 2021 #38

She probably did! His mom worked (this was the 50s) and mine didn't at the time. Grammy23 Mar 2021 #44

Oh, your Mom worked. Just not for pay. "All women are working women", as we said in the 60's niyad Mar 2021 #56

You got that right! Grammy23 Mar 2021 #85

My cousin got a degree in gardening and landscaping Marthe48 Mar 2021 #51

Nice. 3auld6phart Mar 2021 #46

Was it even really on the persons property? Smackdown2019 Mar 2021 #42

Shame on the person who called the police. Disgusting. Fla Dem Mar 2021 #47

May the Goddess of Gardening, and the Guardian Goddess of young children, deal with those niyad Mar 2021 #60

10 to 1 he was picking it for his Mom LNM Mar 2021 #66

Our country has gone completely insane Warpy Mar 2021 #67

Well, there was a time when a tulip bulb was much more valuable than gold. jaxexpat Mar 2021 #68

THE CASE WAS DISMISSED BY THE JUDGE. IcyPeas Mar 2021 #77

This society is absolutely NUTS!!! nt LAS14 Mar 2021 #79

OMG! 😠 Duppers Mar 2021 #87

Why oh Why is it always my state that CRK7376 Mar 2021 #89

... The 6-year-old accused of picking the tulip ended up before a judge because struggle4progress Mar 2021 #91