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BlueStreak

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32. I don't even understand that question

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 10:16 AM

Dec 2013

There isn't anything too unusual about of couple of 20-year-old boys taking a road trip on their own. I don't know why they were treated roughly. Perhaps the cops acted badly, or perhaps the boys came across with an attitude. Perhaps the cops felt it might be an "Amber alert" situation and they proceeded with an abundance of caution.

Obviously the trio did something to attract some attention or else the cops wouldn't have been called in the first place.

This whole underlying tone that it is only black people who get hassled by the cops is really disgusting, or at least ignorant. I've been hassled more than a few times by cops in situations when I didn't think that was warranted. And if I had reacted with an attitude, I have no doubt I would have been in cuffs too. On a couple of occasions, they have said exactly that to me.

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Young white dancer with her two black instructors handcuffed by Houston Police [View all] G_j Dec 2013 OP

her mother added some additional info that was copied in the comments section.... mike_c Dec 2013 #1

Yay cops. Always looking to protect us from all the scumbags Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #2

The parents should be the ones in handcuffs BlueStreak Dec 2013 #3

Supervision, like the two instructors she was with? Scootaloo Dec 2013 #4

Yesh they were , what, 17 years old? BlueStreak Dec 2013 #6

When I was 12, my parents let me ride home cross-country with my older sister LanternWaste Dec 2013 #7

Looked them up on Facebook Revanchist Dec 2013 #8

That might be worse. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #9

That's one of many ways to rationalize it. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #10

And yet, if they were all the same color, no one would have batted an eye Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #13

I can't speak for the police action. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #16

Huh? Glassunion Dec 2013 #18

Neglect. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Glassunion Dec 2013 #24

So to you black chaperones = neglect Glassunion Dec 2013 #25

It is a pair of males barely past puberty BlueStreak Dec 2013 #28

Again. Perhaps you should read the article. 29 years old = barely past puberty. Glassunion Dec 2013 #44

You have no idea what you are talking about. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #47

I have no idea what I'm talking about? You never took time to read the article. Glassunion Dec 2013 #48

I don't deny that. I think you are stating the obvious. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #49

LOL, you start off with no information and then double down on your errors. n-t Logical Dec 2013 #19

Wow. nt TBF Dec 2013 #45

Good gawd LadyHawkAZ Dec 2013 #46

Yeah, cause all 22-yr old men are not to be trusted NickB79 Dec 2013 #14

Well said, though I do not agree with the fact that she RebelOne Dec 2013 #15

How about the two black men? MattBaggins Dec 2013 #22

I don't even understand that question BlueStreak Dec 2013 #32

How is it obvious they did something? vaberella Dec 2013 #52

Re: the boys, I take your point. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #56

The writer didn't do go into those details...that doesn't mean it didn't happen. vaberella Dec 2013 #58

If they were all white, or all black, or all Latino BlueStreak Dec 2013 #59

Doubtful. If you saw my family together...we are not all the same shade of Black. vaberella Dec 2013 #60

Did you even read the article or watch the video? Glassunion Dec 2013 #20

It doesn't make you a prude TransitJohn Dec 2013 #23

Hiphop dance party? Really? Rex Dec 2013 #30

I took note of that too. vaberella Dec 2013 #53

I would love to see some of these keyboard dancers get up and Rex Dec 2013 #57

Did you not read the article? gollygee Dec 2013 #34

But but but, those males are barely past the age of puberty! Rex Dec 2013 #37

This is a really old stereotype gollygee Dec 2013 #41

I agree, very ugly. Rex Dec 2013 #42

I disagree with Bluestreak, but accusing him or her of this sort of racism is itself ugly. Vattel Dec 2013 #51

I don't think they accused the poster of racism as so much perpetuating racist ideas. vaberella Dec 2013 #54

Not to put too fine a point on it, but they were, well, dance instructors Recursion Dec 2013 #63

Oh, so now we're turning a thread about racial outrage into a gay stereotyping thread? BlueStreak Dec 2013 #64

Feel the same about it seveneyes Dec 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Lilyeye Dec 2013 #61

And they were black Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #35

And barely past the age of puberty! Rex Dec 2013 #38

I grew my first hairs at age 21 Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #39

Yeah I don't think they count, for some reason. Rex Dec 2013 #29

Actually, the goddamned COPS should be the ones in handcuffs... Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #12

The mother entrusted the instructors fujiyama Dec 2013 #26

An anonymous person on DU disagrees with the mother's opinion of the two men. Hosnon Dec 2013 #43

Let me guess, if the sexes were reversed, you wouldn't have a problem with it, right? n/t X_Digger Dec 2013 #27

^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^ +1000000000000000 Coyotl Dec 2013 #40

Excellent question actually. I wonder. n/t vaberella Dec 2013 #55

She had supervision gollygee Dec 2013 #33

Wow! Cha Dec 2013 #5

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #17

Of course the cops will always think the worst. Rex Dec 2013 #31

Kick. xulamaude Dec 2013 #36

I don't personally know the people who ordered the handcuffing Pitagoras Dec 2013 #50

the cops asked the mother if she knew her daughter was with 2 "black" guys, he mentioned them being JI7 Dec 2013 #62