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I have brown friends who get searched every time they are pulled over or go through airport security. I have had friends who were told to STFU and take a frequ

I have brown friends who get searched every time they are pulled over or go through airport security. I have had friends who were told to STFU and take a frequenting ticket or spend the night in jail (and thus risk losing their minimum wage job). I even had a friend who was led to a cop car by the FBI but (thankfully) he refused to get in because there was a mysterious baggie in the back (which was surreptitiously spirited away on camera). Nothing happened in any of these cases. Sigh - you can't trust cops even with physical possession and cameras rolling [1]. [1]: https://www.topic.com/runningfromcops https://www.topic.com/runningfromcops

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sillysaurusx 6y ago
Since we're cherrypicking, I was reading over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette#Notable_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette#Notable_incid... and found this gem: On July 24, 1973, Dallas Police Officer Darrell L. Cain fatally shot Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old Mexican-American child, while interrogating him and his brother about a burglary. Cain shot Rodriguez while conducting Russian roulette on the brothers in an attempt to force a confession from them. In fairness, that was the 70s. But the 70s were also "one generation ago," so it's not exactly ancient history. (I could imagine myself being skeptical about your comment before having wised up a little, so I thought I'd chime in to say yes, this really does happen.)
- Buttons840 6y ago
  The officer was charged and convicted and spent 2.5 (two and a half) years in jail. I'm 100% serious.
  - gremlinsinc 6y ago
    2.5 years for a cop in jail is like 100 for a lay-person. /s
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    Half of what the sentence was, and the minimum legal jail time for that crime.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  Only a cop would get away with serving half of their sentence (and not a day more than the minimum) after shooting a child in the head on purpose.
complianceowl 6y ago
Ugh, here we go. You’re most likely a progressive white person who has the audacity to think that you can speak on our (minorities) behalf. We don’t need your friggin help. There is plenty of injustice in the world, but as a brown person, I have nothing but good things to say about law enforcement, living in America, and the abundant opportunities I’ve had as a direct result of simply being born in America. Every time I go to the south, those white rednecks treat me and my brown family as one of their own. In the liberal state where I live, most of what I have to put up with is arrogant white liberals who genuinely believe they have white privilege and are even as racist and arrogant to say preposterous things like, “I’m going to use my white privileged to fight racism.” People are dying to be little helpless victims today. It’s disgusting. All I see is a bunch of 1st worlders who have no real perspective on what it’s like to NOT live in a developed country.

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sillysaurusx 6y ago

Since we're cherrypicking, I was reading over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette#Notable_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette#Notable_incid... and found this gem: On July 24, 1973, Dallas Police Officer Darrell L. Cain fatally shot Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old Mexican-American child, while interrogating him and his brother about a burglary. Cain shot Rodriguez while conducting Russian roulette on the brothers in an attempt to force a confession from them. In fairness, that was the 70s. But the 70s were also "one generation ago," so it's not exactly ancient history. (I could imagine myself being skeptical about your comment before having wised up a little, so I thought I'd chime in to say yes, this really does happen.)

Buttons840 6y ago
The officer was charged and convicted and spent 2.5 (two and a half) years in jail. I'm 100% serious.
- gremlinsinc 6y ago
  2.5 years for a cop in jail is like 100 for a lay-person. /s
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  Half of what the sentence was, and the minimum legal jail time for that crime.
ashtonkem 6y ago
Only a cop would get away with serving half of their sentence (and not a day more than the minimum) after shooting a child in the head on purpose.

complianceowl 6y ago

Ugh, here we go. You’re most likely a progressive white person who has the audacity to think that you can speak on our (minorities) behalf. We don’t need your friggin help. There is plenty of injustice in the world, but as a brown person, I have nothing but good things to say about law enforcement, living in America, and the abundant opportunities I’ve had as a direct result of simply being born in America. Every time I go to the south, those white rednecks treat me and my brown family as one of their own. In the liberal state where I live, most of what I have to put up with is arrogant white liberals who genuinely believe they have white privilege and are even as racist and arrogant to say preposterous things like, “I’m going to use my white privileged to fight racism.” People are dying to be little helpless victims today. It’s disgusting. All I see is a bunch of 1st worlders who have no real perspective on what it’s like to NOT live in a developed country.