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ScreamingMeemie

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9. I am going to be honest here...

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 03:08 PM

Nov 2014

... in my little corner of Houston, because he's white and plays football, I doubt he would get even community service. More likely, the cop would have driven him home and had a "boys will be boys" discussion with me on the front porch.

A few years ago, the starting QB got busted for possession... nothing happened.

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I Am Pretty Sure of This... [View all] ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 OP

I'm pretty sure you're right. MineralMan Nov 2014 #1

Agreed. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #4

I could not agree more! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #2

Said this before Wellstone ruled Nov 2014 #3

I think intensive psych evals coupled with officer body cams ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #6

k&r uppityperson Nov 2014 #5

A white kid would have gotten community service for what Mike Brown did. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #7

I am going to be honest here... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #9

K&R R B Garr Nov 2014 #8