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bvf

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8. How does that make anything better??

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 10:31 AM

Jan 2015

Are you suggesting that this is somehow acceptable?

Cripes! Somebody relates a story of physical danger to a close relative at the hands of law enforcement gone nuts and your response is to say, in effect, "this happens everywhere"?

Just shrug it off if you like. Don't expect people to follow suit.

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Charles M. Blow: "The Scenario I Have Always Dreaded - Yale Police Stopped My Son At Gunpoint" [View all] kpete Jan 2015 OP

K&R but the 2 links sortof ran together! BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #1

thanks for kpete Jan 2015 #3

Thanks and reading now! BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #4

jesus, this country can really suck. marym625 Jan 2015 #2

Hopefully you aren't pretending these types of things pipoman Jan 2015 #6

pretending? marym625 Jan 2015 #7

You have to excuse him, I'm sure being a cop apologist is hard to do on DU. Rex Jan 2015 #36

oh. marym625 Jan 2015 #39

Yeah, America has RABID racist assholes, many are cops, but many are not. NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #44

I read you loud and clear marym625 Jan 2015 #55

lol...didn't bother to check my journal before lying about me eh? pipoman Jan 2015 #61

How does that make anything better?? bvf Jan 2015 #8

Wow...you've really read a lot into this, no? pipoman Jan 2015 #62

Wow. No, I didn't. bvf Jan 2015 #69

Why would you even think, let alone, SAY THAT????? onecent Jan 2015 #9

It's a lot like "Cops are killing black folks at a disproportionate rate when compared to the amount Ed Suspicious Jan 2015 #29

Because I tire of people acting as though this is somehow unique to the US... pipoman Jan 2015 #65

Hopefully, you're not pretending that addressing a concern for A denies a concern or knowledge of B. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #34

I read it both times and it is pretty ambiguous. ... pipoman Jan 2015 #63

Hopefully you are pretending this should have happened the way it did. Rex Jan 2015 #35

You really are seeing things not there.... pipoman Jan 2015 #64

I many countries, no gun would be drawn in such circumstances Vattel Jan 2015 #45

We claim to be better than 'around the globe'. We're not. And it's getting worse. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #48

I agree, it is getting worse, with unwarranted data collection, pipoman Jan 2015 #60

Damn straight it is. DeSwiss Jan 2015 #66

From the editorial BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #5

fit the description.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #11

Description was black college age man wearing black jacket and red and white hat joeglow3 Jan 2015 #12

And given that Yale is just about lily white BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #14

Not entirely lily white (according to 2013-2014 statistics) frazzled Jan 2015 #15

It is BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #22

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #31

LOL, did you just azmom Jan 2015 #38

No BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #50

Thanks for the link azmom Jan 2015 #51

What About The Gun? ProfessorGAC Jan 2015 #18

That does seem an issue sarisataka Jan 2015 #24

If you read the whole article, he's not upset that his son was detained... Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #21

yes, this. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #28

Yeah, I too question why the need for that. joeglow3 Jan 2015 #30

Thank you. Though I don't understand why that needed to be pointed out when it is Number23 Jan 2015 #52

The question is: why did they approach him with gun drawn and not just ask for ID pnwmom Jan 2015 #42

Did they know the name of the suspect? joeglow3 Jan 2015 #56

He was a STUDENT legally allowed to be there, and they were CAMPUS POLICE. pnwmom Jan 2015 #57

I agree with the gun part, but not the rest joeglow3 Jan 2015 #67

Why should a person with a student ID be forced to lie down on the ground pnwmom Jan 2015 #58

You are correct about the gun joeglow3 Jan 2015 #68

Well, probably wouldn't have stopped him if the description was "white" kjones Jan 2015 #32

Must have been terrifying matt819 Jan 2015 #10

K&R! I'm glad the young man wasn't shot. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #13

Draw gun, intimidate, ask questions later PumpkinAle Jan 2015 #16

Tragic, tragic ... and but for the grace of you-know-who frazzled Jan 2015 #17

I am so glad this young man knew what to do and wasn't shot!!! FourScore Jan 2015 #19

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2015 #20

Man if that was my son I would be fuming to... trumad Jan 2015 #23

Holy $#*! KamaAina Jan 2015 #25

The tragedy is that he can never be free of racial profiling. riqster Jan 2015 #26

So today on college campuses TNNurse Jan 2015 #27

And just to be double-safe, make sure the escort isn't female Demeter Jan 2015 #40

the talk ... napkinz Jan 2015 #33

This is really messed up. So sorry. Glad the young man survived the encounter. McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #37

There is a deep sickness in this Country rbrnmw Jan 2015 #41

According to about 60 MILLION Of us the deep sickness is you liberal black racists picking NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #46

right rbrnmw Jan 2015 #49

K&R nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #43

If the reports of the bruglar did not say that he was armed, then drawing a gun is ridiculous. Vattel Jan 2015 #47

<shrug> I'm white and have had the exact same thing happen to me. ARMYofONE Jan 2015 #53

The exact same thing? Were you a student with a student ID and stopped pnwmom Jan 2015 #59

At a fundamental level, yes, it was the same thing. ARMYofONE Jan 2015 #70

It makes a fundamental difference that this occurred on a private college campus. pnwmom Jan 2015 #71

Okay, fair point, but not related to my post or your response, really. ARMYofONE Jan 2015 #72

My point is that if the Yale student had been white, he is unlikely to have been treated pnwmom Jan 2015 #73

Was there reason to believe the suspect was armed? Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #54