In what country does one get arrested in their own home because their "tone" seems "peculiar"?

[FrenchieCat]

ONLY IN AMERICA AND DICTATORSHIPS!

Crowley: It was Gates' tone of voice
http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_12902510

"Not just what he said, but the tone in which he said it, just seemed very peculiar"
snip
" his tone was troubling."

[angee_is_mad]

1. Peculiar Tone=Uppity Negro

and crowley had to put him in his place!

[kestrel91316]

12. Aw, come on. You know the cop was REALLY thinking

"uppity n----r" to himself. "Negro" is probably not a word that has ever existed in his pea brain.

[angee_is_mad]

15. Wanted to use the kinder n-word

but you know he was saying this damn Ni@#$r is going down for talking back to a white man!

[liberal N proud]

2. Only in America

In dictatorships they just shoot you because chances are you don't own the house.

[kirby]

3. Iran, North Korea, China, USA? n/t

[vaberella]

18. Haiti too. It's never a good thing to be in the same league as Haiti. n/t

[PopSixSquish]

4. Um... This One?

Yeah, I got nothin'...

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. Contempt of cop. Good for up to 6 months. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

20. Contempt of Cop? Who decides? Guess the Cop?

Sounds like 1950s U.S.S.R. stuff to me.

[firedupdem]

6. Peculiar=

He didn't cower his black ass down in my presence. How dare he ask me for my info? I'm taking this old, uppity bastard to jail.

[Blue_Roses]

7. this guy has changed his story so many times...

there were two police reports. My guess, is he knew he fuck-up but his arrogance kept him from doing the right thing to BEGIN WITH! The minute he realized that Gates DID INDEED live there, he should have apologized for the inconvience and left! Period. If he would have apologized immediately for the "misunderstanding" rather than continue to prune his ego, this would have never escalated to the point it has. Anyone would understandly be upset with the initial confusion, but the officer had the ability to calm the waters. He didn't.

[BlooInBloo]

8. Hrmph. I for one am glad he arrested the tone over there, so we don't have to arrest it over here.

:P

[Uzybone]

9. LOL

[tabatha]

19. yeah, keepng america safe from that tone.

[Karenina]

38. DU SCHEISSE!!! MY KEYBOARD!!!

:spray::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Jennicut]

10. Gee, maybe his tone was peculiar because he was being harassed while getting into his own

home! Just a thought.

[tblue37]

23. He was already *in* his own home and talking on the phone when he started being harassed. nt

[Jennicut]

27. Even worse then!

[TheKentuckian]

11. How is it controversial to think that people getting arrested in their own homes

for jack apple shit, is stupid?

This country is fucking ridiculous.

[Thrill]

13. So this is the so called full story, that they said Obama needed to wait to hear?

This just proves Obama right. Not only are Black Men not given the Benefit of Doubt. But now they have to watch the tone of their voice? Next thing we'll hear is that he looked the Police Officer in the eye. And you know we can't have that shit.

[Birthmark]

14. Somewhere along the line...

...a fair number of cops began viewing themselves as "better" than citizens. They can shove that up their donut-gobbling asses.

[MadLinguist]

16. "peculiar"? as in "our peculiar institution"? troubling at just about every level

I wonder too about the neighbor's call.

[lindisfarne]

17. I suspect I would have been far more irate in the same situation. I would have said produce a search

warrant or leave, or if you don't, you'll have a massive lawsuit on your hands. I also would have called 9-1-1 to report a trespasser in my home if they did not immediately leave.

[4lbs]

21. Yet in many episodes of COPS I've seen, quite a few white trash people bad mouth the police

and they don't often get hauled off unless they make a threatening move towards the officer, another person, or try to run away.

Interesting.....

[bleever]

22. It seems the officer confirmed he was the resident, then retaliated.

I don't know all the facts, but I am inclined to suspect he wouldn't have retaliated against a white man the same way.

[freeplessinseattle]

24. "even more so now that I know how educated he is."

the rest of this lovely quote.

[CakeGrrl]

25. Was this their BEST candidate to teach diversity training?

Seriously?

:wtf:

[grantcart]

26. He needs to go to a class on racial profiling and develop some diversity sensitivity

BTW in Thailand it is illegal for police to use a search warrant when the sun is not up.


That means if it is dark out and someone knocks on your door and says they are police you don't have to answer the door.

[boppers]

28. He (the officer) teaches those classes.

I'm not kidding.

[grantcart]

31. and this is how I trapped the unsuspecting DUer with a sarcastic observation innocently phrased

[boppers]

35. Nice work.

I thought it was kind of bizarre, too freaky to be real.

[masuki bance]

29. This video is proof that we can all get along

Black and White People Furniture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOyMSEWNTs




http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x313857#313859

[depakid]

30. To be fair, talking with my SO on the phone, she mentioned that this might happen in Australia

in some communities if the person involved were an aboriginal.

[EmilyAnne]

32. But Crowley's feelings were really hurt, Frenchie Cat!

He had to do something!

[EmilyAnne]

33. Oh, and I lived in Russia for a couple of years (2004-2006) and this would happen there.

[TexasObserver]

34. This one!

[uponit7771]

36. So Crowley arrest folk for singin off key too?! Dumb as move Crowley

[rvablue]

37. If you think stuff like this only happens in America and dictatorships, I suggest you dust off your

passport and get out and explore the world a bit.

It's my understanding that young male racial minorities in the Paris suburbs suffer quite a bit of racial profiling and police brutality themselves.

And that's just one example.