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DreamSmoker

(841 posts)

33. 35 years later and nothing has changed

Reply to kristndem (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 03:05 PM

Sep 2014

This is exactly the same crap i grew up with back in the early Seventies in So Cal..
Racism was high.. Neighborhoods in any City in any State were segregated..
A White Guy like myself would not walk in any Black areas as this would be the result..
Another result was Fear of any Group of young Black Men by Whites.. By design, the Black Panthers used Gang tactics to intimidate the Whites..
I saw it to many times.. One White Kid getting his Ass kicked by a Group of Black Kids..

That was 35+ years ago...

Inspite of those days.. Many of us moved forward...
But here we see that many did not....

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Employees, Customer Assaulted Outside Kroger Gang Violence [View all] kristndem Sep 2014 OP

Awful :( shenmue Sep 2014 #1

This seems, by FBI definition, a HATE CRIME. Find them, try them as adults, lock them the hell up. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #2

Yes It is kristndem Sep 2014 #6

Turns out there was a black victim (Kroger employee) too. alp227 Sep 2014 #15

The first victim was pulled from their car in the parking lot and was, apparently, white. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #17

By using the term "hate crime" you're asserting the attackers went after the young man, alp227 Sep 2014 #20

If you'll read the definition posted on the FBI website for "Hate Crime".... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #21

good link treestar Sep 2014 #31

The other guy kristndem Sep 2014 #19

Guy deserves some real kudos for stepping in. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #29

apparently you and I are in the same neighborhood. reflection Sep 2014 #3

We must be kristndem Sep 2014 #5

I feel so many ways of bad kristndem Sep 2014 #4

I've had it with the coward thug culture in America 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #7

I believe they've arrested Office Go Fuck Yourself, the last video clip. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #8

You are right kristndem Sep 2014 #9

Ignorance tooeyeten Sep 2014 #10

That was my first thought. zeemike Sep 2014 #14

Only difference tooeyeten Sep 2014 #30

people are encouraged to be spectators to their own society KurtNYC Sep 2014 #32

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #11

Not my intention kristndem Sep 2014 #12

Thank you. Color doesn't matter. 840high Sep 2014 #13

Local news coverage: alp227 Sep 2014 #16

We just got back from visiting him kristndem Sep 2014 #18

Thanks for visiting and for sharing with us here. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #23

Yeah, isn't Kroger under fire these days for allowing open carry in the stores? Warpy Sep 2014 #26

Of course, many would say YarnAddict Sep 2014 #35

As a kid ctsnowman Sep 2014 #22

In college, in NYC, my friend Henry was beaten the hell up on the way to school. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #24

The world can be so messed up kristndem Sep 2014 #25

Is he going to be okay? (Obviously we hope so!). tblue37 Sep 2014 #27

So sorry to hear about this. =( AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #28

35 years later and nothing has changed DreamSmoker Sep 2014 #33

These chicken shits bleedinglib Sep 2014 #34