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originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: Kharron
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: Kharron
These people need to be forced to pay all attorney and related fees, when stuff like this happens.
Once their racism starts costing them what they value the most, maybe they'll learn to evaluate their bias before they act on it.
What people do you mean by "these people"?
The police?
The concerned neighbor?
Who, exactly, was in the wrong here and how were they in the wrong?
I'm replying to this post which means scared racist people, who call the authorities because other people don't have the same skin tone. Those people.
It's the topic of the thread, I don't know how you missed it.
And how was that old lady wrong? People she didnt know at her neighbors.....is it wrong to be concerned?
What did she do wrong? Why do you believe that skin tone was herreason?
"We don't want to live in an America where black people are forced to smile at white people to preserve their lives."
Kling also said the neighbor reported four individuals -- two black women, a black man and a white woman.
Police then played audio of an officer's interview with the neighbor after she had been told the group were renters. She says they scared her.
"I see these strange people coming and going back and forth, you know, with luggage," she tells the officer.
He asks why she thought they were strange.
"Because they had luggage in their hand and they weren't really looking at me. You know, they just kind of avoided me, or they didn't wave ... And I know the couple that own the house, and I didn't recognize them."
originally posted by: Kharron
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: Sharron
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: Kharron
These people need to be forced to pay all attorney and related fees, when stuff like this happens.
Once their racism starts costing them what they value the most, maybe they'll learn to evaluate their bias before they act on it.
What people do you mean by "these people"?
The police?
The concerned neighbor?
Who, exactly, was in the wrong here and how were they in the wrong?
I'm replying to this post which means scared racist people, who call the authorities because other people don't have the same skin tone. Those people.
It's the topic of the thread, I don't know how you missed it.
And how was that old lady wrong? People she didnt know at her neighbors.....is it wrong to be concerned?
What did she do wrong? Why do you believe that skin tone was herreason?
Did you read the post, bigfatfurrytexan?
It states an elderly white woman called the cops on three black people because they didn't smile at her and that looked suspicious to her. It also states that they had another person, a fourth person with them, who happened to be white but the old lady didn't mention that person, only the three black people.
That means she was not worried about FOUR people who looked out of place, but THREE people of different skin tone.
Now, where I live, in WA State, this does not have to be explained. Are things different in Texas?
Here's a great quote from their attorney that I really liked,
"We don't want to live in an America where black people are forced to smile at white people to preserve their lives."
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Kharron
Did you just ask me if i read the article? Because i was thinking the same. From the ops article, quoting the chief of police:
Kling also said the neighbor reported four individuals -- two black women, a black man and a white woman.
So do go on....tell me about this wretched racist woman.
The three black guests -- Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, Donisha Prendergast and Komi-Oluwa Olafimihan -- were also traveling with a fourth guest, who is a white woman. But according to the their attorneys, the neighbor only told police about three suspicious black people. Police previously said the caller was an elderly white woman.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Kharron
Police then played audio of an officer's interview with the neighbor after she had been told the group were renters. She says they scared her.
"I see these strange people coming and going back and forth, you know, with luggage," she tells the officer.
He asks why she thought they were strange.
"Because they had luggage in their hand and they weren't really looking at me. You know, they just kind of avoided me, or they didn't wave ... And I know the couple that own the house, and I didn't recognize them."
She sees strange people carrying stuff out of a neighbors house and called the police. The nerve of some people, huh?
And folks wonder why no one helps each other anymore
"Because they had luggage in their hand and they weren't really looking at me. You know, they just kind of avoided me, or they didn't wave ... And I know the couple that own the house, and I didn't recognize them."
Marie Rodriguez, the owner of the Airbnb the group was renting, defended her neighbor's call to 911 and the police response. Rodriguez said it was the first time she rented out her home on Airbnb, and that her neighbor was concerned when she saw strangers packing up suitcases. The neighbor told Rodriguez that when she approached the group, they behaved strangely.
originally posted by: Kharron
You're aware how trigger happy cops are, right? You're aware they've entered wrong houses and killed wrong people, that they've been found to plant evidence after murdering people. You're aware there is a disproportionately large number of black people killed by the LEOs in this country, right? And that all these incidents are not isolated incidents but indicative of a larger problem with our law enforcement.
Tell me how being a black person and having SEVEN cop cars called on you is LAUGHABLE, as you put it. I don't know why I try. This should not have to be explained to adults, unless you guys are intentionally pretending to not get it.
originally posted by: Kharron
I'm gonna correct myself on saying this does not happen where I live.
Yes, it does, but the reason is very clear when it does.
There are a lot of old white people here, who are very racist. And the cops here are not very nice and like to do things their way. Maybe it's where I live that makes me see the worst in these racist people.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Kharron
So their attorneys make wild ass claims that contradict the guy who listened to the 911 tapes? And you conveniently choose to believe this statement he pulled out of his own ass?
What happens when you hear the tape and are proven completely wrong?
originally posted by: Kharron
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Kharron
So their attorneys make wild ass claims that contradict the guy who listened to the 911 tapes? And you conveniently choose to believe this statement he pulled out of his own ass?
What happens when you hear the tape and are proven completely wrong?
I wanna leave but you keep pulling me back in.
The only wild ass claim here is that attorneys have a wild ass claim. I take it you have proof theirs is a wild ass claim and you know the outcome of this case?
If I am proven wrong I will say I was wrong. How about you?
And what will I be wrong about? I stated that I thought people found guilty of racial profiling should be responsible, by law, to pay for all the attorney and related fees, in order to prevent repeat offenses based on how people look.
As to how that relates to this case... if she is not guilty, then she would not have to do anything. And if she is guilty of racial profiling, she would have to reimburse the attorneys and most likely the police and the taxpayers for wasting everyone's time.