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StClone

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35. Not confused. You are just outdated-we are birders not birdwathers.

Reply to qazplm135 (Reply #34)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 11:11 AM

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Amy Cooper Faces Charges After Calling Police on Black Bird Watcher [View all] brooklynite Jul 2020 OP

glad someone is finaly being charged with fileling a false police report. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #1

Yes, filing a false report is very illegal. And it drains police resources from totodeinhere Jul 2020 #32

Oh PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put that woman in jail. BComplex Jul 2020 #2

We have enough people in jail Loki Liesmith Jul 2020 #8

This could have turned into the murder of an innocent person at the hands of police. BComplex Jul 2020 #14

Yep. Sounds like Trump RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #28

IMHO, penalty should be appropriate to the crime. IMHO, JAIL TIME is appropriate for Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2020 #18

Agree. Falsely reporting a crime against a person of color should be treated as a hate crime & made onetexan Jul 2020 #20

THIS !!! The call was made in part because of skin color uponit7771 Jul 2020 #22

Oh yea, clearly this karen was showing her racist sentiments onetexan Jul 2020 #23

Excellent point, hadnt thought of that I was thinking tho of Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2020 #29

I agree with this 100%. It was a hate crime, and it should BComplex Jul 2020 #31

Any data to support your final conclusion? LanternWaste Jul 2020 #33

Good Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #3

give her 6 years of community service trueblue2007 Jul 2020 #10

I hope the ACLU doesn't defend her on this IronLionZion Jul 2020 #4

What Civil Rights issue applies that would involve the ACLU? brooklynite Jul 2020 #7

They have fought hard to allow people to call police without consequence IronLionZion Jul 2020 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2020 #5

That. onecaliberal Jul 2020 #9

It's a start matt819 Jul 2020 #6

The crazy thing is that it needs to be said. onecaliberal Jul 2020 #11

Both/and - one does not preclude the other. Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2020 #30

This is nitpicky frazzled Jul 2020 #13

well if we are being nitpicky qazplm135 Jul 2020 #16

So is birdwatcher frazzled Jul 2020 #19

actually qazplm135 Jul 2020 #21

In the header there is neither hyphen nor one word frazzled Jul 2020 #24

cept it's not qazplm135 Jul 2020 #26

It should drop birdwatcher and just say "birder" StClone Jul 2020 #27

were you confused qazplm135 Jul 2020 #34

Not confused. You are just outdated-we are birders not birdwathers. StClone Jul 2020 #35

Me? qazplm135 Jul 2020 #36

give her a month in jail qazplm135 Jul 2020 #15

WHEN has this happened before - it must have, but dang if I can think of one other instance where Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2020 #17

If you put this poor white woman in jail she might be exposed to real life. Good. erronis Jul 2020 #25