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BaronChocula

(4,632 posts)
17. My most questionable experience in LA
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 06:28 PM
Sep 2025

has so far been driving West through Westwood on Wilshire one night and having a cruiser pull from beside me to behind me. They weren't tailing me. They were tailgating me so this wasn't about any kind of suspicion. The clearest explanation is that they were trying to goad me into an emotional response. I stayed cool and they eventually tried to cause trouble elsewhere.

This only went for about the equivalent of a couple city blocks or less. It may not seem like a lot, but it feels very different in real time.

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I'm so sorry you and your son are treated this way. yardwork Sep 2025 #1
No. White privilege still works even if I'm not aware of it. If my children were black, I'd definitely ... marble falls Sep 2025 #2
And sooner or later race will no longer be a variable mdbl Sep 2025 #38
I'm supposed to go to my college 50 year reunion a couple of states away. Turbineguy Sep 2025 #3
I'm not afraid to travel IzzaNuDay Sep 2025 #31
While biking, it's those who do the "rolling stop" that scare me sakabatou Sep 2025 #4
I no longer recognize this country. PittBlue Sep 2025 #5
Not in the same way you have experienced. I just came to feel like I sinkingfeeling Sep 2025 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #7
We are never comfortable Keepthesoulalive Sep 2025 #22
to be fair quakerboy Sep 2025 #23
Only when the bears are in hyperphagia. Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #9
I think the bear wanted to play. He's in a play stance, like a dog. They're Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #14
The bears in some areas are getting really crafty mdbl Sep 2025 #39
Well, Not Until Today DET Sep 2025 #10
no, geezer white gal Skittles Sep 2025 #11
Sister geezer white gal, here. madamesilverspurs Sep 2025 #40
well I would have never lasted in those jobs Skittles Sep 2025 #41
Yep JustAnotherGen Sep 2025 #12
im still miffed that we have to deal with this felgercarb 100 years later after the fact. grr. AllaN01Bear Sep 2025 #15
It sure makes me yell "Frak!" multiple times in the day! OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #32
lol AllaN01Bear Sep 2025 #34
Anxiety LilElf70 Sep 2025 #16
My most questionable experience in LA BaronChocula Sep 2025 #17
Me personally, no. multigraincracker Sep 2025 #18
K&R; and that really sucks that you've had to deal with any of that. Evolve Dammit Sep 2025 #19
For the life of me popsdenver Sep 2025 #20
I'm afraid for my friends, the people I see out and about. 58Sunliner Sep 2025 #21
We thought we were making progress Keepthesoulalive Sep 2025 #24
I remember hearing anout Reagan speaking in Keshoba County where Phillidelphia Mississippi is, about State's Rights... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #42
I hear you. I do. Be careful out there. Joinfortmill Sep 2025 #25
Steinbeck describes the cops in California how they Klarkashton Sep 2025 #26
No, I am incredibly privileged Happy Hoosier Sep 2025 #27
Yes, moreso than ever. I'm a black woman tulipsandroses Sep 2025 #28
Roll 'em up! JoseBalow Sep 2025 #29
Ohhh, man, laugh to keep from crying! electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #43
I read this soon before I had to be off somewhere, and wanted to give it a proper response... electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #30
For me, no, but unfortunately others yes Abstractartist Sep 2025 #33
Once they have rid this country of Hispanics, what comes after? appleannie1 Sep 2025 #35
Angering this comes out after it could help IbogaProject Sep 2025 #36
That is terrifying. I'm white so, no. 1WorldHope Sep 2025 #37
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