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In reply to the discussion: Attending a Pool Party While Black [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)12. This whole situation is a very sick situation. According to another post the
cop in this has moved out of his house and the town. Racism in definitely a part of this. Add another stupid reason for harassing black youth.
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Sorry to hear this and hope the community has enough people who want to bridge the divide.
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#6
Did you notice how those two cops arrested the commander on site for assault with a deadly weapon?
MohRokTah
Jun 2015
#8
On another note: Thankyou MIRT for cleaning up the two spills in this aisle, don't know....
marble falls
Jun 2015
#40
That was a gun the LEO had in his hand when he did the barrel roll in the beginning of the vid
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#45
+1, I thought it was a spoof vid or something... the cop is wearing white socks like Blart Cop or
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#75
According to the police statement, they weren't supposed to be there.
TexasMommaWithAHat
Jun 2015
#55
Right... those neighborhoods in DFW are usually racially mixed too.. that's what's crazy, the kids
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#61
I don't know of any community pool that "sells" birthday party sessions
TexasMommaWithAHat
Jun 2015
#62
it's just a fucking pool with kids , what resulted should never have happened regardless of whether
JI7
Jun 2015
#79
Way to cut through all the bullshit and pig-fucking rationalizations. My sincerest
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#99
The black kids said they took off cause the cop had a gun and they didn't want to be shot, that's
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#54
They had passe to be there for a party but too many POC were there for some racist bastards and
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#53
Anyone else notice the guy in the beige shirt not being told to get down and stay out of the police
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#51
WOW!! Creepy, so this guy was just going through the scene and being ignored. This is a perfect...
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#60
He rolled after tripping over the long tree root. His embarrassment was probably one
tblue37
Jun 2015
#157
Cop who abused Black teenage girl has been suspended, probably only until everything blows over.
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#90
I hope the parents of those teens sue that town out of existence (or at least
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#103
I'm thinking he was doing a rambo barrel roll or something like Blart Cop ... this is soooo
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#140
what exactly did the black girl do? it looks like he was assaulting her for being black
samsingh
Jun 2015
#141
She was black and was in the vicinity of a racist cop, that's about it... the cop wasn't making any
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#142
In a very real way this was as bad as all the other videos posted of cops out of control
enigmatic
Jun 2015
#158