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68. I don't think either woman is sympathetic

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 06:34 PM

Jul 2021

I think two women got into an every day, run of the mill spat at the store. There are probably hundreds of them like it every day. Like I said in another post, I used to see it all the time working retail. I'm not automatically taking the side of the one that took an edited video and ran to her social media followers is all.

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update on "get her away from me!!!!!" Karen [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 2021 OP

I hope that young woman can get the help she so obviously (IMHO) needs Siwsan Jul 2021 #1

The woman with the video was being threatened MaryMagdaline Jul 2021 #7

the perp felt absolutely no fear of arrest or negative consequence from chasing a black woman Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #10

This definition of white privilege RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2021 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jul 2021 #67

I realize that. I just wonder what the triggering event was. Siwsan Jul 2021 #11

I apologize. I did not get where you are coming from. MaryMagdaline Jul 2021 #16

No problem Siwsan Jul 2021 #18

good luck trying to get a job around children after this samnsara Jul 2021 #15

At the very beginning of the first video Elphick can be seen rushing at her with her arm raised csziggy Jul 2021 #26

I would think there are security cameras focused on that part of the store Siwsan Jul 2021 #28

Yes, that is what I'd like to see added to the video record csziggy Jul 2021 #35

Ukenta asked Elphick to move 6 feet away Klaralven Jul 2021 #46

Why didn't she just leave the store...... secondwind Jul 2021 #2

Anything for clicks Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #3

anything for personal safety i would say samnsara Jul 2021 #13

Pretty good money too. Treefrog Jul 2021 #25

It is a shame that this is what we have devolved into. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #38

I agree. This situation could have been handled so differently. Treefrog Jul 2021 #40

Devolved into? Caliman73 Jul 2021 #44

You don't have to set up a go fund me and rake in over 80 grand kcr Jul 2021 #59

Very true. Caliman73 Jul 2021 #61

You don't need money kcr Jul 2021 #62

Not always. Caliman73 Jul 2021 #72

Of course not always kcr Jul 2021 #73

People who watched the videos suggested it tishaLA Jul 2021 #69

That would suggest she doesn't have much of a case kcr Jul 2021 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jul 2021 #70

.. Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #85

Who? VIdeo woman? She had not yet paid for her things and was waiting until it was safe to go to MaryMagdaline Jul 2021 #8

I saw desperation, fear, helplessness, weak aggression in a very stupid person Hortensis Jul 2021 #19

I can understand not doing that. David__77 Jul 2021 #23

most of the time Elphick was between the videographer and the exit. csziggy Jul 2021 #27

She could easily have left when the crazy woman was lying on the floor. Treefrog Jul 2021 #29

You must not be of a class that has been demonized and criminalized for being who you are csziggy Jul 2021 #34

why would she leave, though? (And why should she?) fishwax Jul 2021 #36

Yes, she could have left the store. Mariana Jul 2021 #37

She already had her video. Leave the store while filming that she was doing so. Treefrog Jul 2021 #41

Staying and continuing to film while laughing at the woman lying on the floor kcr Jul 2021 #45

This. Treefrog Jul 2021 #49

She was waiting for customer service RandiFan1290 Jul 2021 #55

And laughing and mocking her while doing it! kcr Jul 2021 #57

Rightly so RandiFan1290 Jul 2021 #76

How do you think the white woman is sympathetic at all, though? Withywindle Jul 2021 #66

I don't think either woman is sympathetic kcr Jul 2021 #68

+1 Withywindle Jul 2021 #65

Thank goodness this Karen did not have a weapon. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2021 #4

Oh, but she did: Her tears, and the cops. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #5

Yep. And she was already giving the "she is threatening me" lie MaryMagdaline Jul 2021 #9

She did. Her WHITE SKIN and an emotional appeal to white cops... 2naSalit Jul 2021 #20

disgusting! Cobalt Violet Jul 2021 #6

I also hope they find her a good behavioral health specialist Siwsan Jul 2021 #12

Affluenza is what it looks like to me. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #21

I tend to err on the side of compassion with mental health issues, but you could be right. Siwsan Jul 2021 #22

Indeed, that's what was the point of tell for me. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #24

Periodic reminder that just because people act irrationally, erratically, ignorantly or in a way you WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #14

She might be mentally ill: does that matter? Withywindle Jul 2021 #58

Right, it's an explanation, not an excuse. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #64

Not to mention, mentally ill people of color have a tendency TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #88

"YouTube- Who Is Mama Africa Muslimah? Ijeoma Ukenta Instagram" Goonch Jul 2021 #17

That's the woman with the camera? tavernier Jul 2021 #51

What happened before the video started? Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #30

People have the right to take pictures and record video in public places. Mariana Jul 2021 #32

Yep, I know. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #33

Being right doesn't always make it right kcr Jul 2021 #39

Thank you. Treefrog Jul 2021 #42

Agreed kcr Jul 2021 #50

Either one of them could have walked away... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #52

... Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jul 2021 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Politicub Jul 2021 #48

Truth or Fiction has a very good timeline on what happens in the videos csziggy Jul 2021 #31

This was like a documentary. Wow. Politicub Jul 2021 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jul 2021 #75

How is she a victim? Of what? Mosby Jul 2021 #80

Getting slapped and chased around Victoria's Secret Politicub Jul 2021 #82

She wasn't slapped. Nt. Mosby Jul 2021 #83

Interesting she didn't close the fund after reaching her "goal of legal help." Treefrog Jul 2021 #87

Do you think most people... tonedevil Jul 2021 #94

Something about this is making my spidey sense tingle BGBD Jul 2021 #53

When she fell down, that looked like a faked faint to me. Nt raccoon Jul 2021 #54

That was nothing like a fall or faint. alphafemale Jul 2021 #56

It was the fakest fake that ever faked Withywindle Jul 2021 #60

like how she very conveniently slid the purse into position as a pillow fishwax Jul 2021 #77

These are fast becoming cruel and stupid greenjar_01 Jul 2021 #63

My thoughts exactly. Mosby Jul 2021 #81

That was a performance. Once she realized she fucked up and tried to get Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #78

For those saying, why didn't the recording woman just leave-- Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #79

Eactly. I am surprised so many on DU support policing of Black people in pub spaces Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #84

I think what people are saying is the black woman said she was frightened of the wacky woman. Treefrog Jul 2021 #89

Her chortling was sound track to standing her ground Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #90

Ah, ok. Treefrog Jul 2021 #91

i suppose this guy should have hauled ass as well? CatWoman Jul 2021 #95

This stuff is getting out of control Mosby Jul 2021 #92

She's a narcissistic 2 year old I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #93