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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo the so called James Blake look alike was also innocent - read this racist rubbish
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/11/1420432/-Not-only-was-tennis-star-James-Blake-innocent-so-was-the-other-black-man-they-said-he-looked-like<snip>
At first, the NYPD claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, and that James Blake looked like a "twin" of the man they intended to arrest. Someone even leaked a photo of the man Blake was supposed to look just like. Now it turns out that "twin" has absolutely nothing to do with the case, either. This admission was tucked deep in a few stories about the case:
The team of officers, looking for suspects in a credit card fraud ring, were relying on a courier who identified Mr. Blake as one of the buyers, the police said. The officers also had an Instagram photo of someone believed to be involved. That person, who Mr. Bratton said looked like Mr. Blakes twin brother, turned out to have no role in the scheme.
Now this man's face is all over the internet, mostly mentioned with the words "suspect" and "theft." Who gave the them this photo of some other random dude off of Instagram? The courier? The NYPD now claims the company, GoButler, gave them the random Instagram photo of this man, but that still doesn't explain the self-serving reason they released it to the public.
What's crazy about all of this is that the entire case is supposed to be about identity fraud. Yet the NYPD continues to mangle the identities of innocent black men who had nothing at all to do with the case.
What's this all about? Keep reading for more.
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So the so called James Blake look alike was also innocent - read this racist rubbish (Original Post)
malaise
Sep 2015
OP
wow! If he wasn't famous he'd be in jail right now. I am not buying the source of that pic- not one
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#1
Could be dead too - good thing it wasn't his brother with the locks although I think he cut them
malaise
Sep 2015
#2
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)1. wow! If he wasn't famous he'd be in jail right now. I am not buying the source of that pic- not one
bit.
malaise
(268,664 posts)2. Could be dead too - good thing it wasn't his brother with the locks although I think he cut them
They just panned the cameras on him and his wife at the US Open. He got up and acknowledged the applause. As painful as that Serena loss was, maybe just maybe Serena losing will make them focus on this racist profiling of black males regardless of education, celebrity status etc.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)3. interesting point. this Instagram pic stuff seems highly irregular, I'm having a hard time buying it
malaise
(268,664 posts)4. It's BS
They made a big mistake this time
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)5. Were the two others arrested body slammed?
malaise
(268,664 posts)6. Good question
I don't know
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)7. Someone should ask NYPD if they have
differing arrest procedures based on skin color.
roscoeroscoe
(1,369 posts)8. Let's see if this fact...
...makes the opening of Good Morning America.
Remember the Globetrotters incident in Santa Barbara?
No excuses.