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wercal

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29. Sadly this exact situation has been used
Sun Sep 15, 2013, 09:04 PM
Sep 2013

as a technique for home invasion robberies. I don't blame her for calling 911 at all.

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Fucked up cops are so god damn out of control gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1
that's why I call them KKKops ~nt~ b.durruti Sep 2013 #3
That's mature. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #33
"Grow up" is a personal attack on another DUer. Trillo Sep 2013 #45
I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #123
The behaviour of the cops and their supporters in this country has become increasingly gopiscrap Sep 2013 #126
Diversion. nt valerief Sep 2013 #129
See reply 35. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #133
I dunno. Are you one? quakerboy Sep 2013 #130
See reply 35. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #134
Your assertion is underwhelming quakerboy Sep 2013 #135
See, I don't jump to conclusions. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #138
Except for the conclusion quakerboy Sep 2013 #140
Quite a broad brush you have there butch! rustydog Sep 2013 #122
OMG That poor man was seeking help life long demo Sep 2013 #2
Book TV had a program about this this weekend, marew Sep 2013 #6
Police seeing American citizens as the enemy. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #11
Police seeing BLACK American citizens as the enemy. That is all. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #25
As a white American citizen, I am terrified of the police. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #28
They do generally treat black people worse, but plenty of white people LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #49
I'm white and have gotten tickets when conservatively dressed. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #99
My experience certainly doesn't rise to the level of what happened here reflection Sep 2013 #120
No guarantee even if you're a buttoned down white guy matt819 Sep 2013 #131
I agree...and it started with fucking Fox showing shows like COPS gopiscrap Sep 2013 #124
That never occurred to me about COPS. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #132
FDP ~nt~ b.durruti Sep 2013 #4
Living while black is increasingly fatal malaise Sep 2013 #5
He was a star football player at college too..just got engaged and just moved to the area.. HipChick Sep 2013 #16
The home owner was also heartless malaise Sep 2013 #17
She has blood on her hands too.. HipChick Sep 2013 #20
For sure malaise Sep 2013 #21
no, she does not JanMichael Sep 2013 #27
"The guy was banging on her door furiously in the middle of the night." No shit??!! Could that maybe Ghost in the Machine Sep 2013 #39
She didn't know he was in a car wreck. LisaL Sep 2013 #40
EMS would have gotten there in the same amount JanMichael Sep 2013 #47
Apparently caring for one another is no longer malaise Sep 2013 #82
Just curious - Who helped you? was it a single woman? ctaylors6 Sep 2013 #125
Sadly this exact situation has been used wercal Sep 2013 #29
I don't blame her either. LisaL Sep 2013 #41
It was reasonable to call 911 - They were needed no matter the reason for him pounding gollygee Sep 2013 #84
From what has been reported, she did tell 911 he was knocking on her door. LisaL Sep 2013 #100
That conflicts with other stuff I've seen here gollygee Sep 2013 #103
+1 TheDebbieDee Sep 2013 #42
absolutely riverwalker Sep 2013 #97
If someone I don't know knocks on my door after midnight Link Speed Sep 2013 #23
People are oftentimes terribly disoriented after a wreck. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #38
and it was a severe accident riverwalker Sep 2013 #98
Not sure. It depends. Dash87 Sep 2013 #81
Horrific iandhr Sep 2013 #7
WTF. Just... WTF. Initech Sep 2013 #8
Exactly my reaction : WTF !!! Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #13
OMG etherealtruth Sep 2013 #9
this guy can't make sense of it either Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #14
Disgusting etherealtruth Sep 2013 #15
I posted about this earlier..lynching never went away,it got morphed into murder by police HipChick Sep 2013 #10
That's a terrible summation Orrex Sep 2013 #12
+1,000 malaise Sep 2013 #22
+1 uponit7771 Sep 2013 #102
BIWB -- Being Injured While Black. marmar Sep 2013 #18
Cops. Iggo Sep 2013 #19
If you remove the quotation mark right before the URL then the link in the OP will work Tx4obama Sep 2013 #24
It's a tough job. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2013 #26
cop was arrested trumad Sep 2013 #34
Sure does. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #36
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #116
The city/ county/ police department are handling this one JanMichael Sep 2013 #30
This breaks my heart! What is the country coming too????? emsimon33 Sep 2013 #31
This is f*cked up. The Mercenary Class is out for themselves, and out of control. ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #32
Charges seem appropriate. TheDeputy Sep 2013 #35
I'm hear nothing but heinous stuff coming out of North Carolina Auggie Sep 2013 #37
"She immediately closed the door, hit her panic alarm, called 911." Rex Sep 2013 #43
Oh for Pete's sake... Llewlladdwr Sep 2013 #44
Whatever you want to believe. Rex Sep 2013 #108
Maybe she had been attacked and raped by someone pretending to need help joeglow3 Sep 2013 #114
I'm with you. reflection Sep 2013 #121
I can't believe ANYONE is blaming this woman who answered the door cali Sep 2013 #46
People always like to pretend JanMichael Sep 2013 #48
Question is--- what if he were white? trumad Sep 2013 #51
Same JanMichael Sep 2013 #53
I called 911 on a white guy who was pounding on my door in the middle of the night gollygee Sep 2013 #59
I'd call 911 treestar Sep 2013 #88
Exactly. And kudos to the CPD for the fast arrest JanMichael Sep 2013 #94
A couple years back someone was banging on my door justiceischeap Sep 2013 #136
so, the repo man JanMichael Sep 2013 #137
Awww---but if it was a cherry sweet white person... trumad Sep 2013 #50
If a bloody stranger of *any* race woke me up at 2:30 AM pounding on my door, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #52
Disagreed JanMichael Sep 2013 #54
Chances increase big time if he was white. trumad Sep 2013 #55
I felt weird writing that, but it's true around where we are JanMichael Sep 2013 #57
Most horrific CT home invasion and murder of recent years. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #63
Thank you JanMichael Sep 2013 #71
I'm sorry, but how the fuck would YOU know? cali Sep 2013 #69
I'm sorry.. trumad Sep 2013 #72
I agree with those who suspect her response might have been different kcr Sep 2013 #60
Why? JanMichael Sep 2013 #62
Pretending to have been in an accident is not an uncommon ruse. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #64
She does't have to open the door. kcr Sep 2013 #66
How would she know that is not what was happening? LisaL Sep 2013 #73
Um. Because that wasn't what was happening? n/t kcr Sep 2013 #76
It's not uncommon to pretend to be in an accident in order to invade someone's home. Dash87 Sep 2013 #83
That may be kcr Sep 2013 #86
How many times did you have someone knocking on your door in the middle of the night? LisaL Sep 2013 #87
I actually had someone stumble drunk right through the door kcr Sep 2013 #90
because people usually do not knock when they are breaking in? bettyellen Sep 2013 #104
Yes, sometimes they do. LisaL Sep 2013 #105
Actually it is not an uncommon practice. Glassunion Sep 2013 #110
I can't believe I'm being asked why. kcr Sep 2013 #65
Hey, enjoy your outrage JanMichael Sep 2013 #67
Why thank you, I will. kcr Sep 2013 #68
Yep. And please note that JanMichael Sep 2013 #74
Oh, the poor woman who called the cops kcr Sep 2013 #75
Did she tell the police he was breaking in? gollygee Sep 2013 #77
The articles I read stated she reported an attempted break in kcr Sep 2013 #78
I see gollygee Sep 2013 #79
The article I read stated she told 911 this man was knocking on her door. LisaL Sep 2013 #85
How does any of that contradict what I've been saying? kcr Sep 2013 #89
You can maintain whatever it is you want. LisaL Sep 2013 #91
That's what I read too. However, the poster JanMichael Sep 2013 #92
No. kcr Sep 2013 #93
Oh. TN JanMichael Sep 2013 #95
Keep on puffing up kcr Sep 2013 #96
I think his odds would have been better but cali Sep 2013 #111
No, but they don't have to hit a panic button either kcr Sep 2013 #113
Right, because racial profiling should be rewarded when citizens do it. Rex Sep 2013 #109
Cops are out of control aolwien Sep 2013 #56
and the CPD JanMichael Sep 2013 #58
Note the articles in the Charlotte Observer today JanMichael Sep 2013 #61
The homeowner bears no guilt at all. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #70
So is helping them, well at least to people that have souls. Rex Sep 2013 #112
Zimmerman supporters like to say why didn't Trayvon run to neighbors or call police. Hoyt Sep 2013 #80
I remember that, too Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #117
It was bad enough on DU, but on sites where anyone could post, the Z supporters posted awful things. Hoyt Sep 2013 #119
. hedgehog Sep 2013 #101
This thread is depressing. We are apparently a nation too scared to have any humanity. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #106
I guess "aggressively" in this case Shankapotomus Sep 2013 #107
How sad and so senseless, they're suppose to be trained for crying out loud. Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #115
I'll admit I'm surprised to see the officer get charged Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #118
I find this hard to believe Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2013 #127
police are out of con-fucking- trol! cash__whatiwant Sep 2013 #128
our postracial utopia feels a lot like our racial past. nt La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #139
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