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> if I walk into a convenience store with a visible gun in an open carry state and a “lower class” White person does the same and a policemen happens to be in
by nickstinemates 4y ago
> if I walk into a convenience store with a visible gun in an open carry state and a “lower class” White person does the same and a policemen happens to be in the store, who do you think will be harassed?
Presumably neither of you since in this straw-man neither party has done anything wrong
- scarface74 4y agoSo you think a Black guy has to “do something wrong” to be considered “acting suspiciously”? Just like Ving Rhames, was “suspiciously” living in his own house when SWAT knocked on his door because someone thought he had broken into his own house. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actor-ving-rhames-said-neighbor-called-911-report-him-large-n895611 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actor-ving-rhames-said-... This isn’t just a random anecdote https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/may/black-drivers-more-likely-to-be-stopped-by-police.html https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/may/bl...