LAPD Confuses Black Actress Kissing White Husband for Prostitute

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242. Ok then. Where were we?

Point 1
I never said and don't think it's reasonable at all. All I've said is I've come to terms with reality. That's an easy thing to shun on a discussion board, but not so much on the sidewalk. Especially given what we know we are dealing with.

Point 2. Assumption of show and walk.
I will grant you it's an assumption, but not exactly a thin one in that (let's take me for example) I have no warrants, etc. and am in 'good standing." So does the cop want to continue to road side detain? It's possible. Probably just to harass as identity as been established. So, I supposed I would request a supervisor at some point, but all in all I'm still not in handcuffs and very most likely on my albiet pissed off with an aggravating story.

Point 3. Questioning the encounter.
Yes as no. At one point in the thread I did discuss context of location which might shed some light about the contact.
Other than that, no. My initial response had to do with why she was handcuffed, not why contact was made. It seems clear from the article, she was detained for refusing ID, not suspicion of prostitution.

Point 4 - tax dollars at work
I think we can both agree the tax dollars used here are nominal at most. But to my point. Had she provided ID, the matter very reasonably would have take less time.

Point 5 identity theft and a nice day
I totally hear you. My only point is that yours is based on leaving your ID home. Not refusing to show it. That IS an important distinction.

But to your point. I do have a very common first and last name. Like, John Smith common. I,ve been stopped by police many times over my life. I've also had to show more than one type of ID to prove that I'm not the John Smith that does have a warrant. It's only happened a few times. But I would wager that's more than most (and certainly anyone in the pile on crew in this thread) and since then I keep my social security card with me as that's been the fastest way to secondarily prove who I am.

Point 6 Would she have gotten away with it.
I have no idea, however let's hypothesize for a moment. Let's say she had priors for prostitution. And furthermore, let's say that was her husband and what they were doing was harmless as it really was. My point is: who knows. All we know are the limited facts from a news article that (if memory serves) had no quotes and seemed to taken and solely known from social media. (But to honest, I have to check that and may ammend).

I'm going to speed things up a little and just hit on a couple more points.
I've read your assumptions about me and they are not far off. However, frankly this is DU and you probably described 85% of the male membership, not exactly a kudo to you. But, 20 years ago the visible tat, piercing argument would be a little stronger. Today not so much. In NYC any and I might make the arguement for LA(as this where the incident happened) to be 40ish and under without tattoos and/or piercings is to be in the minority. That's not a far stretch of the cultural imagination. Moreover, walk down the streets of the 5 burros and apply the same age group to the nypd and you'll find that those without above said are the same. (As in most have visible tats.)


Your last point- our rights
Yes, but their are ways to do it and their ways to exacerbate a situation when we are dealing with someone who is not exaclty te brightest knife in the tool shed.

Thank you for your post. Please excuse typos as I wrote this on my phone.

Respectfully as well,
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