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Archae

(46,328 posts)
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:43 AM Jul 2019

Add a new one to the list, "Showing a house to a prospective buyer while black."

Notice these cops tried to cover up their screw-ups also.

Lawsuit: Realtor, prospective homebuyer illegally detained by police in Ohio after 911 call

WEST PRICE HILL, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - A realtor and a prospective home buyer sued the city of Cincinnati and three police officers in federal court Monday night, alleging they were illegally detained after a retired Cincinnati officer called 911 to report “two black males forced the front door (of the home) open," according to the suit.

Realtor Jerry Isham and Anthony Edwards entered the residence on Morado Drive in West Price Hill Nov. 17, 2018, using the lock box on the door Isham had access to but were ordered out at gunpoint by an officer, the lawsuit alleges.

In all, at least 9 officers arrived at the scene, the lawsuit states.

https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Lawsuit-Realtor-prospective-home-buyer-illegally-detained-by-CPD-after-retired-cop-calls-911-512775361.html

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Add a new one to the list, "Showing a house to a prospective buyer while black." (Original Post) Archae Jul 2019 OP
Why am I not surprised? Dirty Socialist Jul 2019 #1
I lived in Cincy during the time Bayard Jul 2019 #2
Racist White Ex-Cop Doesn't Believe Blacks Can or Should Be Realtors. MineralMan Jul 2019 #3

Bayard

(22,075 posts)
2. I lived in Cincy during the time
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:46 PM
Jul 2019

When a shooting of a black man by cops was covered ever night on local TV. We called it, DWB--the crime of Driving While Black.

Its one of the most racist places I've ever lived.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. Racist White Ex-Cop Doesn't Believe Blacks Can or Should Be Realtors.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 02:23 PM
Jul 2019

And that's the story, in a nutshell. And the working cops come running to enforce that.

I can imagine that happening in any number of places, actually. My wife's mother sold her townhome in MN. When the eventual buyer looked at it, MiL got a call from the HOA office, asking her if she was planning to sell to a black family. MiL said, "What's that to you?" No answer.

The sale went through with no additional problems.

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