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In reply to the discussion: What You Can Do if You're a 17-Year-Old White Male without Getting Shot by Police [View all]MineralMan
(146,374 posts)4. That depends. If the description is of a
medium-sized white guy, under 20, you won't get stopped by the police officer. See, there are so many young white guys around who don't commit crimes. He'll want a better description, so he won't stop you in the first place.
If, on the other hand, you're a young, medium-sized black guy, and the description is, "It was a black guy, you know, medium-build and young," then the cop will stop you, assume you are guilty, and kill you if you resist being arrested, or maybe even if you don't. Because, you know, every black guy is probably a robbery suspect, anyhow.
That's the difference.
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What You Can Do if You're a 17-Year-Old White Male without Getting Shot by Police [View all]
MineralMan
Nov 2014
OP
It is quite amazing the fallacy that wilson knew about the incident in the store...
Spazito
Nov 2014
#17
Your question is better directed toward the chief, the person who made the statements...
Spazito
Nov 2014
#75
The DA said last night that Darren Wilson realized Mike Brown was the suspect
rudolph the red
Nov 2014
#57
People are not upset about shots that may have been fired during the alleged assault.
Maedhros
Nov 2014
#28
I'm sorry, but even if this were exactly what happened, my about-to-be-17 white son
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2014
#31
My White friends and I did all those things (except the sexual assault) and more and lived to tell
Erose999
Nov 2014
#7
That part is likely untrue, since so much of the rest of the narrative is untrue
Hekate
Nov 2014
#33
Nope on that. My co-worker's 16-year-old grabbed for a cop's gun while stupidly drunk -
haele
Nov 2014
#123
When I think of the shenanigans my brother pulled before his testosterone leveled off & his brain...
Hekate
Nov 2014
#43
The clothes don't matter either. You can dress in grubbies while white and not get shot.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2014
#38
A white kid can also walk to a store to buy some skiddles for his brother
workinclasszero
Nov 2014
#44
Even many of the white mass shooters have been appreneded without being shot by police. It says
Erose999
Nov 2014
#59
Plenty of white people are killed by police. Brutally murdered, on video, and the cops walk.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2014
#94
MinMan, with two 12 year olds added to the toll, I can't stop thinking about my son, your post
Hekate
Nov 2014
#95
Until we stop drawing lines between folks and understand that militarized policing is the issue
Wella
Nov 2014
#125
Yes to out of control police problem, but in these 3 instances is there evidence these cops
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#127
The entire Ferguson incident was racial; I see we have MUCH work to do
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#130
I know, it is Brown's fault for being AfAm, if he wasnt there would be no race issue LOL
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#133
So shooting the kid those last two shots from 25 feet away in the head, if Wilson
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#137