Mistaken identity: Universal City police seeking white male suspect storm black woman's car

[The Straight Story]

Mistaken identity: Universal City police seeking white male suspect storm black woman's car

Universal City police call it an unfortunate coincidence.

Police had been searching for Cody Ring, 20, on suspicion of aggravated robbery and home invasion. He was deemed dangerous by police.

Police were told Ring would be showing up at the Villages of Kitty Hawk apartment complex on Sunday afternoon and parking at Building 15.

Police were given a 10-minute window that Ring in which expected to arrive. He was expected to be driving a silver colored Chevy HHR.

At that time, Tiffaney Wilson drove up in her silver Chevy HHR, and parked in her spot at Building 18. Police officers immediately surrounded the car with their guns drawn and started screaming at Wilson to put her hands up.

Wilson says she was panicking because she didn't know what was going on and she had her three children in the car with her.

http://www.kens5.com/news/Universal-City-woman-is-upset-and-irate-after-police-swarm-her-and-her--95081154.html

[FLAprogressive]

1. what does race have to do with this?

[The Straight Story]

3. I dunno, what does car color have to do with it

You would think they could look at both things since they were looking for both... ;)

[FLAprogressive]

4. Not saying it wasn't dumb but I think adding race to it makes it seem like this incident was because

of racism and not simply mistaken identity.

[timtom]

5. FWIW, I read it as in how stupid could they be to

confuse a black woman for a white man? When the car pulled up, however, they might not have had time to make a more precise decision.

I'm not picking up racism here, myself (but that's just me).

[Swede]

2. I bet their faces are white........

I mean red.