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In reply to the discussion: LAPD Confuses Black Actress Kissing White Husband for Prostitute [View all]IronLionZion
(45,534 posts)231. Motherfuckers
I can certainly relate. I had a somewhat similar situation where Baltimore's finest had a hard time believing that someone like me could have a pretty white girlfriend. So she might have been sloppy drunk and looking trashy that night, but still. It's nobody's business. I did have the good sense to take the car keys away from her. Thankfully, they didn't arrest us and we both showed our college ids.
People don't have to be married, or even to be banging. Last I checked it's not a crime for consenting adults to kiss each other in public anywhere.
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saw this on local news, they said some "citizen" called the police to complain about it
JI7
Sep 2014
#1
I seriously doubt anyone called. That's just cop CYA. Probably the cops just saw them,
tblue37
Sep 2014
#222
Comments pages on the internet also allow many folks to say things they'd never
malaise
Sep 2014
#136
We're hearing it more. There was a time when these two would've been beaten, at best!
arcane1
Sep 2014
#202
These showings of resistance are necessary so the police are forced to use
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2014
#162
That was the "Daryl Gates" era. Chokeholds, Eleanor Bumpers. It all kind of led to the 93 riots,
zonkers
Sep 2014
#314
But, arent we required, by law, to provide ID to the police if we are asked?
TheDebbieDee
Sep 2014
#10
I'll ask YOU again...Where is the box to check if you are a prosititue or not?
Behind the Aegis
Sep 2014
#31
Are you ACTUALLY SAYING that anyone can AND OUGHT to be stopped so a cop can check "for priors"?!
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#123
so, if she had no priors, she is innocent, if she did- automatically guilty? Is that how the system
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#292
She was handcufed in public! That is offensive, even if no charges were filed--
tblue37
Sep 2014
#224
That's an interesting definition of ADULT: it's adult to conform, to defer to authority.
enough
Sep 2014
#112
Anti-democratic (small "d"), anti-freedom, anti-Civil Rights stance. Let cops run rough-
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#125
No---It is the acceding-to-Fascism thing to do. California cops cannot demand ID by LAW.
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#121
No. A black person may get stopped and hassled several times a day despite not
tblue37
Sep 2014
#223
Wow!!! Some rational thinking here. Amazing. I'm betting you get beat up for this
adigal
Sep 2014
#293
LOL... ok... you're late for work.. cop stops you and ask you for ID so he can take 2 seconds
uponit7771
Sep 2014
#42
Doesn't take to much reasoning to see where people talk from a point of bad perspective
uponit7771
Sep 2014
#45
Not to mention that for a black person, any interaction with the police has the
tblue37
Sep 2014
#227
Here is a question for you. If she had been whit and kissing, would she have been "summoned"
kelliekat44
Sep 2014
#47
It is wrongly, and we only live in that world because too many people go along
tblue37
Sep 2014
#228
I was going to let it go, but as an English teacher I just have to say, "defuse."
tblue37
Sep 2014
#229
Typing with arthritic hands on a mobile keyboard. Yes, I accidentally got a "c" in there where
tblue37
Sep 2014
#324
It gives implicit consent to the continued abuse of power for its own sake.
LanternWaste
Sep 2014
#330
As police officers, they should have known it was their duty to back off at that point
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2014
#251
You said - "I'm showing my ID abd walking the f away. Feel free to make your own choice"
Caretha
Sep 2014
#157
They can because they do? That's some circular reasoning you've got going on there.
suffragette
Sep 2014
#186
It is her LEGAL RIGHT to refuse to show it. Did YOU read the whole thing? It wasn't a traffic stop.
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#127
Well, let's see, I'm not aware that the cops, or the actress are posting...
PoutrageFatigue
Sep 2014
#152
Once, as a brash young man, I said the flowery equivalent of "fuck you" but that didn't end well.
hunter
Sep 2014
#274
Dear badge bunnies, badge backers, bootlickers, cop-cultists and so-called "cops"
951-Riverside
Sep 2014
#191
Just to clarify, by "so-called cops" I'm talking about the violent psychopaths who joined the force
951-Riverside
Sep 2014
#264
1st their bosses heard about the incident was when posted online. cops Didnt even file a report
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#212
CA can't require ID! Disturbing acknowledgment from a CA cop (see first reply):
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#118
That answer was rather chilling to read...and the "Great Answer!" response...
ScreamingMeemie
Sep 2014
#188
Good for her! The people who cave and comply just embolden the cops to do more of this crap.
Gidney N Cloyd
Sep 2014
#158
Well, Los Angeles being the Deep South and all, are we really that surprised? nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#184
it has happened before. i recall that the interacial couple had to show their matching wedding
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#208
before they realized she was a celebrity, they threatened her with ambulance and drugging
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#210
2nd most read story on dailymail today. comments are overwhelmingly anti police state
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#214
Sure, had her story (which may be bullshit) been true you'd be wrong. If the
Guy Whitey Corngood
Sep 2014
#268
Meh.... It's been explained to you throughout the thread why you would've been wrong. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Sep 2014
#270
Even self-perceived self-validation is better than no self-validation at all...
LanternWaste
Sep 2014
#331
In this day and age and in Studio city, no less! (really an adjunct of Hollywood). No decent cop
zonkers
Sep 2014
#262
Eyewitness accounts, particularly where parts are independently corroborated,
closeupready
Sep 2014
#296
Wow. What a disgusting move to avoid admitting your rush to judgement made you look like a fool.
joeglow3
Sep 2014
#327
Most likely police are not that interested in pursuing this type of alleged crime.
LisaL
Sep 2014
#329
You are right, the cop was wrong, instead of saying "bringing up the race card"
snooper2
Sep 2014
#299
Is YOUR state on the "Stop and Identify" list? Thank God mine is not (nor is CA):
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#307