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In reply to the discussion: Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: 'No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened' [View all]
SickOfTheOnePct
(8,710 posts)138. I agree
She’s a victim of racism.
Not by the young men in the video but by all of the people who assumed , without any facts whatsoever, that she was in the wrong simply because she’s white.
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Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: 'No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened' [View all]
BlueLucy
May 2023
OP
It's not irrelevant when she snatched his phone away as he attempted to scan to rent.
live love laugh
May 2023
#99
I am not easily distracted like many -- especially those on the other "side" -- are. I stick to one
live love laugh
May 2023
#120
Anybody who thinks they are in danger but won't leave if they are free to is crazy.
live love laugh
May 2023
#183
She had no reason to retreat. She was being bullied and was taking a stand that the bike belonged to
boston bean
May 2023
#185
When people are in danger they don't stay there. Was she surrounded and in danger or not?
live love laugh
May 2023
#186
I think she had reason to feel somewhat threatened as she was being prevented from leaving with an
boston bean
May 2023
#194
You dishonestly conflate two things: the bike and her safety ... ESPECIALLY IF she is pregnant.
live love laugh
May 2023
#196
Don't you think you are a little obsessed with this? maybe give it a rest for awhile. I hope you are
debm55
May 2023
#309
That's really stretching it, don't you think? It's like you are answering to fit an agenda you have.
debm55
May 2023
#283
So what's your agenda? Women need to back down to youths? Women need to follow what a young man
debm55
May 2023
#303
I haven't heard either of the parties involved claim that she was assigned that bike in advance.
Ms. Toad
May 2023
#311
Their receipts show that they docked it and she rented it 5 minutes later.
Cuthbert Allgood
May 2023
#145
Oh well I guess we could argue that it's okay if I am physically on a bike, in a cab, if you pay
live love laugh
May 2023
#264
She walked up to THEM and surrounded herself and she was always free to go.
live love laugh
May 2023
#79
SURROUNDED .... it's claimed they surrounded her to threaten or harm. That's a LIE.
live love laugh
May 2023
#84
Once again they didn't surround her. She walked up to them surrounding HERSELF.
live love laugh
May 2023
#87
She was not surrounded. She surrounded herself and was always free to unsurround herself.
live love laugh
May 2023
#101
I'm proving that you are attempting to do anything but address the issue of being surrounded.
live love laugh
May 2023
#116
Which individual prevented her from leaving and unsurrounding herself?
live love laugh
May 2023
#144
Oh no she couldn't take the bike she rented. She was to walk meekly away and find another bike. Why
debm55
May 2023
#284
She was always free to leave even without the bike. Companies resolve disputes all the time.
live love laugh
May 2023
#294
You must've missed the videos where police kill black people for the most trivial reasons.
live love laugh
May 2023
#160
You're allowed to do whatever the you want. Most entitled people do anyway.
live love laugh
May 2023
#193
Do you not see that my post states his receipt proves he returned the bike at 7:19?
LisaL
May 2023
#26
They are not free to be aggressive assholes and then reverse it and play victim
BlueLucy
May 2023
#54
All she had to do was leave IF she was indeed in danger and surrounded.
live love laugh
May 2023
#152
It's one thing to make this about bikes ... it crosses the line with the surround bullshit.
live love laugh
May 2023
#170
The time on the receipts and the process involve lags, reset times, etc. The male had
live love laugh
May 2023
#162
Um I am paying for something and some one says I can't leave with what I am paying for.
boston bean
May 2023
#164
What's ridiculous is people accusing the guy of carjacking, surrounding, gaming/stealing.
live love laugh
May 2023
#173
Knew there was something not quite right with the "she's got a receipt" story by the lawyer.
Solomon
May 2023
#4
"... 20 minutes before they found the highly coveted but hard-to-find new e-bikes."
sl8
May 2023
#166
Look I know and others are very invested in your position. But she knew he had been using the bike
Solomon
May 2023
#24
He won't give his name so basically you are believing a narrative that
questionseverything
May 2023
#37
I believe it because I saw her trying to bowguard the bike and snatch his phone away.
Solomon
May 2023
#48
You keep saying he returned it. The point is, the woman knew full well he hadn't "returned" it.
Solomon
May 2023
#80
Because she tried to rent it knowing full well he intended to rent it as well.
Solomon
May 2023
#139
His sister said he road bikes for over 4 hours that day with a group of friends
questionseverything
May 2023
#57
It'd be a lot more interesting to watch if it weren't so fundamentally unsettling.
Jedi Guy
May 2023
#274
It was wrong of Comrie to walk up and grab the bike BEFORE scanning the code and steal his phone
live love laugh
May 2023
#179
You've had this explained to you multiple times in this thread by other people.
Jedi Guy
May 2023
#275
You think white people are discriminated against more than blacks on social media? really?
BlueLucy
May 2023
#112
Agreed, this poor woman was assumed to be guilty just because of the color of her skin
RAB910
May 2023
#142
Afraid of what? Walking into a crowd of people and surrounding yourself?
live love laugh
May 2023
#174
Because he had forcefully re docked the bike she was on and was attempting to re-rent the bike on
boston bean
May 2023
#188
And? She was swarmed by several strange men who grabbed her and her proeprty and shoved teh bike int
obamanut2012
May 2023
#304
She is higher than a nurse, she is a physician's assistant/associate, a step below a full doctor
Celerity
May 2023
#223
The PA has the receipts and some are kneejerking to tar and feather her with the whole Karen frame,
Celerity
May 2023
#296
So basically both of the individuals in the incident has receipts that support them
NotVeryImportant
May 2023
#201
She is higher than a nurse, she is a physician's assistant/associate, a step below a full doctor
Celerity
May 2023
#254
There are some really bad takes that will take about 5 seconds to come back and bite us
rictofen
May 2023
#248
Why does a woman always have to back down or away? It wasn't his bike. She was on her feet for 12
debm55
May 2023
#257