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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:22 AM Original message |
Want to know what it took to end the racial profiling in a little town near here? |
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undertakerlives (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. And it comes to be. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. So true. Bigots spring up all over this nation. Your supposed freedom and rights |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. which is why I chose the quote line that is at the bottom of my posts |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. For some reason, I really like that story. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And if folks won't stand up for justice... |
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undertakerlives (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Justice? |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. You know it when you feel it. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Justice is that state of affairs toward which fiascos like this push us. n/t |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yes, the fact that he was able to "sue the piss" out of the town (and good on him for doing so_ |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. You apparently missed the part where the man was a State Patrol big wheel.. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I didn't miss anything |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We both know the lawsuit would have gone nowhere if the man were a nobody.. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. So you are saying there have been NO successful civil rights lawsuits |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 06:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The situation the OP outlined went on for decades.. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I ignore nothing |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's the only way to do it. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Years ago the Port Authority cops at Newark Airport took a page.. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. OOH! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Federal Judges think they ARE God |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. The sad part is the townspeople looked the other way, until they were nearly bankrupted by the wrong |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The townspeople didn't look the other way. They were all for encouraging more of it |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. True, it takes someone to stand up to the abuse, get a lawyer, post on internet |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Even today that entire town is little more than a speed trap. |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. A friend of mine, a white lawyer, was following his white wife home from |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Whuuuuuat???? |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Sued city for $10 million. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds like just desserts to me. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Great story! Justice being served, comeuppance....LOVE IT!! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Interesting. Beecher shows up on the list of possible "sundown towns" in IL: |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I never see the police harassing anyone these days when I drive through on Rt. 1 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Pigs always get away with shit until they accidently piss off somebody superior to them. |
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