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Fla Dem

(23,668 posts) Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:54 AM Aug 2014

Who would they have arrested if the description had been tall, bald head, white male?

Just saying.

Black TV Producer, Charles Belk, Arrested By Beverly Hills Cops Who Thought He Robbed A Bank

"Within an hour, I was transported to the Beverly Hills Police Headquarters, photographed, finger printed and put under a $100,000 bail and accused of armed bank robbery and accessory to robbery of a Citibank."

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Who would they have arrested if the description had been tall, bald head, white male? (Original Post) Fla Dem Aug 2014 OP

Charles Belk, of course. He looks like a robber. I.e., he goes around being black. Shrike47 Aug 2014 #1

Themselves. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2014 #2

I don't know if I should file this shit madashelltoo Aug 2014 #3

Shrike47

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1. Charles Belk, of course. He looks like a robber. I.e., he goes around being black.

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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:56 AM

Aug 2014

Iggo

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2. Themselves. (n/t)

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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 11:06 AM

Aug 2014

madashelltoo

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3. I don't know if I should file this shit

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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 11:12 AM

Aug 2014

under sad or stupid. Still holding out the one with them looking for a tan or beige SUV and pulling over a woman and her children in a red or burgundy SUV.

Should identifying colors be part of police training? How about verify before treating people like shit?

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