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originally posted by: Grimpachi
Story is teen in own home says something cops don't like so for their safety they needed to pepper spray him.
This video sums up their mentality.
originally posted by: Domo1
a reply to: Boeing777
Just can't believe this.
It's a crappy situation and I'm sorry it happened but it's pretty understandable.
A bad time to argue with the cops is when they suspect you of burglary.
originally posted by: boogeywoogey
He's just lucky he wasn't a white kid adopted by a black family in a black neighborhood.
(does that even happen?)
originally posted by: sheepslayer247
I blame the person that called the cops in the first place for not knowing who his neighbors were.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
originally posted by: Domo1
a reply to: Boeing777
Just can't believe this.
It's a crappy situation and I'm sorry it happened but it's pretty understandable.
A bad time to argue with the cops is when they suspect you of burglary.
What kind of foolish crap is that?
It's not understandable at all in your own home.
originally posted by: Domo1
a reply to: Helious
I thought 18 year olds were adults. I admit I waver on that issue though.
I have no idea how far the situation escalated. Again, crappy situation for all involved.
originally posted by: ArchPlayer
So this is a foster kid that LIVES NEXT DOOR and the neighbors didn't know that???
Also, I'm waiting on Sandra Bullock's black breed to get caught like this in her estate.
originally posted by: RockerDom
It's obviously his fault for being black. Didn't you know that all black people are burglars?
/sarcasm
What a sad country we live in. Those cops are morons.
originally posted by: ArchPlayer
So this is a foster kid that LIVES NEXT DOOR and the neighbors didn't know that???
Also, I'm waiting on Sandra Bullock's black breed to get caught like this in her estate.
which is the standard line we see whenever "Law Enforcement" profiles a black guy, and either falsely arrests, beats, tases, sprays, shoots, or kills them. "oh, well there was crime in the area, so we couldn't take any chances"....how convenient. make a mistake, blame it on crime, and everything's ok.....wish i could get away with that..
it really comes down to the neighbors not knowing their neighbors (wtf has happened to society?), and assuming that a young black man is automatically a criminal...and the cops not doing their job properly.
funny you should mention that....back in my old neighborhood* i used to jimmy open one of the front windows on my house, and climb in, every time i accidentally locked myself out....nobody EVER called the cops on me....and i'd do it in broad daylight too.....